Native aortic valve insufficiency in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Holman, William L ^a,b   Nanda, Navin C ^a   Vengala, Srinivas ^a   Blood, Margaret S ^a   Pamboukian, Salpy V ^a   Kirklin, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31044440795     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.072     Document Type: Article

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