Early bioprosthetic mitral valve "pseudostenosis" after complete preservation of the native mitral apparatus

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1689-1691

  Korkolis, Dimitris P ^a   Passik, Cary S ^a,b   Marshalko, Stephen J ^a   Koullias, George J ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cardiothoracic Surgeons of New Haven   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BIOPROSTHESIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036841231     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03862-6     Document Type: Article

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