Prosthetic heart valves: Types and echocardiographic evaluation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Aslam, Ahmad Kamal ^a   Aslam, Ahmad Faraz ^b   Vasavada, Balendu C ^b   Khan, Ijaz A ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprosthetic valves; Echocardiography; Mechanical prosthetic valves; Prosthetic valves; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY VALVE; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 35148826050     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.037     Document Type: Review

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