A comparison of the classical and modified forms of the continuity equation in the on-X® prosthetic heart valve in the aortic position

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Chambers, John ^a   Ely, John ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Carbon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0034113068     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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