Durability of Valve Bioprostheses and the Need of Careful Examination of Explants

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2340-2341

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DETERIORATION; EXPLANT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 33751163273     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.04.048     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Minami K., Zittermann A., Schulte-Eistrup S., Koertke H., and Körfer R. Mitroflow synergy prosthesis for aortic valve replacement: 19 years experience with 1,516 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 80 (2005) 1699-1705