Entrapment of mitral chordal apparatus causing early postoperative dysfunction of a St. Jude mitral prosthesis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 843-844

  Thomson, Louise E ^a   Chen, Xaio ^a   Greaves, Sally C ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036695354     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120288     Document Type: Article

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