Editorial: An 'actual' problem another issue of apples and oranges

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 706-708

  Bodnar, Endre ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33644878514     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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