An unusual cause of hemolysis in a patient with an aortic valved conduit replacement

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-190

  Allman, Christine ^a   Rajaratnam, Rohan ^a   Kachwalla, Hashim ^a   Hughes, Clifford F ^b   Bannon, Paul ^b   Leung, Dominic Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA FLOW; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART MURMUR; HEART SOUND; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037292619     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.25     Document Type: Article

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