Silver-coated prosthetic heart valve: A double-bladed weapon

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 729-731

  Tozzi, Piergiorgio ^a,b   Al Darweesh, Assad ^a   Vogt, Pierre ^a   Stumpe, Frank ^a  

^a Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Prosthetic heart valve; Silver toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; SILVER NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILVER;

EID: 0035006437     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00675-3     Document Type: Article

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