A comparison of mechanical valve performance in a poorly anticoagulated community

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 410-414

  Williams, M A ^a,b   Crause, L ^a   Van Riet, S ^a  

^a Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

^b 314 Greenacres Hospital Port Elizabeth   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 4644223894     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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