Surgical treatment of valvular heart disease in patients with acromegaly

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 828-831

  Cable, D G ^a   Dearani, J A ^a   O'Brien, T ^a   Orszulak, T A ^a   Puga, F J ^a   Schaff, H V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUSCLE RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPROSTHESIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033662725     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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