Early calcification of a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount mitral valve in an elderly woman

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1043-1044

  Polo, María Luz ^a,b   Legarra, Juan José ^a,b   Vilar, Manuel ^a,b   Cabrera, Antonio ^a,b   Durán, Darío ^a,b   Pradas, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL POVISA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036829731     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.123521     Document Type: Article

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