DeBakey Surgitool mechanical heart valve prosthesis, explanted at 32 years

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 345-346

  Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Naseemuddin, Ather ^a   Nair, Vidhya ^a   Feindel, Christopher M S ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DeBakey Surgitool; Mechanical prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; PANNUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 8844256583     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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