Tricuspid valvectomy: Long-term survival and surgical options

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-84

  Chait, Robert D ^a   Midwall, Jay ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mitral homograft; Tricuspid endocarditis; Valvectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VALVULOTOMY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 32544458966     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960290210     Document Type: Article

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