Aortic valve replacement in a patient with thalassemia intermedia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 737-739

  Farmakis, Dimitrios ^a   Polonifi, Aikaterini ^a   Deftereos, Spyros ^a   Tsironi, Maria ^a   Papaioannou, Ioannis ^a   Aessopos, Athanasios ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 31044438075     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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