Standards defining a 'heart valve centre': ESC working group on valvular heart disease and European association for cardiothoracic surgery viewpoint

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 2017, Pages 2177-2183

  Chambers, John B ^a   Prendergast, Bernard ^a   Iung, Bernard ^b   Rosenhek, Raphael ^c   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^d   Piérard, Luc A ^e   Modine, Thomas ^f   Falk, Volkmar ^g   Kappetein, Arie Pieter ^h   Pibarot, Phillipe ⁱ   Sundt, Thoralf ^j   Baumgartner, Helmut ^k   Bax, Jeroen ^l   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^e,m  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^h ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^l LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m Anthea Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; NOTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEART CENTER; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MITRAL VALVE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; EUROPE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGEONS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 85030780897     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx370     Document Type: Note

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