Serial Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of small-sized Sorin Bicarbon prostheses

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-343

  De Carlo, Marco ^b   Milano, Aldo D ^b   Nardi, Carmela ^b   Mecozzi, Gianclaudio ^b   Bortolotti, Uberto ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041854555     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(02)73395-3     Document Type: Article

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