Valve-in-a-Valve Implantation: A Word of Caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 347-

  Zegdi, Rachid ^a,b   Achouh, Paul ^a   Berrebi, Alain ^a   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^a,b   Blanchard, Didier ^a   Lafont, Antoine ^a,b   Cholley, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS;

EID: 57649227412     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.013     Document Type: Letter

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