Heart valve sound of various mechanical composite grafts, and the impact on patients' quality of life

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-232

  Golczyk, Karl ^a   Kompis, Martin ^b   Englberger, Lars ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a   Stalder, Mario ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEART SOUND; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; AORTA VALVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART SOUNDS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952313694     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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