Hemolysis, high-intensity transient signals (HITS) and hemodynamic results after aortic valve replacement with the Medtronic Hall Easy-Fit™ heart valve prosthesis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-179

  Warnecke, Ronald H ^a   Laas, Joachim ^a   Hecker, Hartmut ^b   Perthel, Matthias ^a   Alken, Aiman ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Center Bad Bevensen   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33645560410     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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