Aortic valve replacement with 19-mm bileaflet prostheses in the elderly: Left ventricular mass regression and quality of life

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-221

  Vicchio, Mariano ^a   De Santo, Luca Salvatore ^a   Delia Corte, Alessandro ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Provenzano, Raffaella ^a   Miraglia, Maurizio ^a   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 50549094318     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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