Mechanical heart valves in septuagenarians

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-16

  Ascione, R ^a,b   Culliford, L ^a   Rogers, C A ^a   Wild, J ^a   Narajan, P ^a   Angelini, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649092300     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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