Industry-generated charts for the selection of stented aortic valve prostheses: Clinical tool or marketing ploy?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1002

  Cohen, Robbin G ^a,b   Bourne, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Healthcare Consultation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AORTIC VALVE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MARKETING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 79953094173     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.051     Document Type: Editorial

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