Outcome after aortic valve replacement: Comparison of homografts with mechanical prostheses

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-409

  Kilian, Eckehard ^a   Oberhoffer, Martin ^a   Kaczmarek, Ingo ^a   Bauerfeind, Daniel ^a   Kreuzer, Eckart ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448987696     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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