Entrapment of subvalvular mitral tissue causing intermittent failure of a St Jude mitral prosthesis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1121-1123

  Agostini, Francesco ^a   Click, Roger L ^a   Mulvagh, Sharon L ^a   Abel, Martin D ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034527337     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.107251     Document Type: Article

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