Stentless porcine valves: New mode of failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-186

  Butany, Jagdish ^a,c   Ahn, Christina ^a,c   Leask, Richard L ^a,c   Graba, Jim ^b,c   David, Tim ^b,c   Ahluwalia, Manmeet ^a,c  

^a Toronto General Hopsital ^*  (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0037354650     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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