Consequences of PTFE Membrane Used for Prevention of Re-Entry Injuries in Rheumatic Valve Disease

Vascular

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 489-493

  Ozeren, Murat ^a   Han, Unsal ^b   Mavioglu, Ilhan ^c   Simsek, Erdal ^a   Soyal, M F Tolga ^a   Guler, Gulcin ^a   Yucel, Ertan ^a  

^a 1st Department of Neurosurgery   (Turkey)

^b SSK Ankara Residency Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cardiac surgical procedures; pericardium; polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane; re entry; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEART SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PERICARDIUM; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036790961     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090201000508     Document Type: Article

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