Influence of two different reporting systems on counts of thromboembolic and bleeding complications after St. Jude medical valve replacement: Results from the GELIA study

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-471

  Hering, Detlef ^a   Piper, Cornelia ^a   Bergemann, Rito ^b   Hillenbach, Carina ^b   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Institute for Medical Outcome Research (IMOR)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; DATABASES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33644646151     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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