Long-term survival after valve replacement with björk-shiley cc valves

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 598-603

  Kallewaard, Marjon ^a,b   Algra, Ale ^a,b   Defauw, Jo ^a,b   Grobbee, Diederick ^a,b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AORTIC VALVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034149491     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00818-8     Document Type: Article

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