Pulmonary valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Promising results of 28 procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-32

  Waterbolk, Tjalling W ^a   Hoendermis, Elke S ^a   den Hamer, Inez J ^a   Ebels, Tjark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Heart valve; Mechanical; Pulmonary valve; Reoperation; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY VALVE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744935317     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.02.069     Document Type: Article

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