Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of the St Jude Medical valve

Artificial Organs Today (Japan)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a   Yasunaga, Hiroshi ^a   Sato, Toru ^a   Higa, Yoshiteru ^a   Kawara, Takemi ^a   Oryoji, Atsushige ^a   Kosuga, Kenichi ^a   Oishi, Kiroku ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Mitral valve replacement; St Jude Medical valve

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751237400     PISSN: 09243054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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