Long term valve-related morbidity following open-heart surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-202

  Ogendo, S W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034343090     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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