34-Year durability of a DeBakey Surgitool mechanical aortic valve prosthesis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-639

  Beiras Fernandez, Andres ^a   Oberhoffer, Martin ^a   Kur, Felix ^a   Kaczmarek, Ingo ^a   Vicol, Calin ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Durability; Mechanical prosthesis; Surgitool deBakey

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 33749397595     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.135087     Document Type: Article

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