Marked discrepancy in pressure gradient between Doppler and catheter examinations on Medtronic Mosaic valve in aortic position

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 818-821

  Ito, Toshiaki ^a   Maekawa, Atsuo ^a   Fujii, Genyo ^a   Sawaki, Sadanari ^a   Hoshino, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Yasunari ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Bioprosthesis; Valve patient mismatch

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; REOPERATION; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84874475396     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0089-0     Document Type: Article

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