Dysfunction of an ATS valve in the aortic position: The first reported case caused by pannus formation

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 270-273

  Teshima, Hideki ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a   Hayashida, Nobuhiko ^a   Shojima, Takahiro ^a   Takagi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Arinaga, Kouichi ^a   Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications of surgery; Computed tomography; Mechanical heart valve; Pannus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 29144491706     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-005-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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