Thrombosis of mechanical mitral valve prosthesis

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 481-486

  Tang, Gilbert H L ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Siu, Samuel ^b   Butany, Jagdish ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS OBSTRUCTION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 28544436348     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.200474.x     Document Type: Article

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