Outcomes 15 years after valve replacement with a mechanical versus a bioprosthetic valve: Final report of the Veterans Affairs randomized trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1152-1158

  Hammermeister, Karl ^a   Sethi, Gulshan K ^b   Henderson, William G ^a,d   Grover, Frederick L ^a   Oprian, Charles ^a   Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZATION; REOPERATION; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0033814676     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00834-2     Document Type: Article

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