Obstruction of St Jude Medical Valves in the Aortic Position: A Consideration for Pathogenic Mechanism of Prosthetic Valve Obstruction

Vascular

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-344

  Aoyagi, S ^a   Nishimi, M ^a   Tayama, E ^a   Fukunaga, S ^a   Hayashida, N ^a   Akashi, H ^a   Kawara, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cineradiography; echocardiography; pannus formation; prosthetic valve obstruction; valve thrombosis

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PANNUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0036701779     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090201000409     Document Type: Article

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