Clinical experience with the ATS 3f Enable® Sutureless Bioprosthesis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 749-755

  Martens, Sven ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^b   Eckstein, Friedrich S ^c   Bartus, Krzysztof ^b   Kapelak, Boguslaw ^b   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^d   Schlensak, Christian ^e   Carrel, Thierry ^f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioprosthesis; Prospective clinical trial; Stented; Sutureless

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PARAVALVULAR LEAK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STENTS; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051576307     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.068     Document Type: Article

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