Preserved homograft function 32 years after surgery in a young patient

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  El Hamamsy, Ismail ^a   Willerson, James T ^b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952322246     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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