Early failure of a mechanical bileaflet aortic valve prosthesis due to pannus: A rare complication

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-214

  Kondruweit, Markus ^a   Flachskampf, Frank A ^a   Weyand, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Strecker, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PANNUS; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RARE DISEASES; REOPERATION; VASCULITIS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 46049096747     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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