Non-infective prosthetic paravalvular leak: Reducible complexity?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-535

  Tan, Walter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCARDITIS; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMOLYSIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NOTE; REOPERATION;

HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 33749610797     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20862     Document Type: Note

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