Freedom from complications related to dual ball-and-cage mechanical valve prostheses despite thirty years without anticoagulation

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1167-1169

  Miller, Matthew M ^a   Hipp, Robert ^a   Matsumura, Martin E ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Debakey surgitool; Prosthetic valve; Starr Edwards; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EPISTAXIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SELF MEDICATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 57349152145     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.172155     Document Type: Article

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