Is there a role for mechanical valved conduits in the pulmonary position?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1662-1667

  Haas, Felix ^a   Schreiber, Christian ^b   Hörer, Jürgen ^b   Kostolny, Martin ^b   Holper, Klaus ^b   Lange, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG ATRESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY VALVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE GROWTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144384731     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.054     Document Type: Article

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