Spontaneous aortic laceration causing flail aortic valve and acute aortic regurgitation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-78

  Tiong Cheng Yeo, ^a   Lieng Hsi Ling, ^a   Wai Lin Ng, ^a   Boon Lock Chia, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; MALE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032942518     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(99)70176-8     Document Type: Article

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