COUNTERPOINT: Aortic valve replacement: Size does matter

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-285

  Feindel, Christopher M ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58749095177     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.059     Document Type: Editorial

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