Stentless Freestyle aortic valve/root bioprostheses: A northern Ontario community hospital perspective

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 747-756

  Mathur, Avdesh N ^a,b   Hourtovenko, Clyde D ^a   Baigrie, Ronald S ^a   Mecci, Shahid U ^a   Ravi, Grama D ^a   Garg, Rashmi ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Bioprosthesis; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0033940514     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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