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Cardiac crossroads: deciding between mechanical or bioprosthetic heart valve replacement

Nearly 15 million people in the United States suffer from either aortic or mitral valvular disease. For patients with severe and symptomatic valvular heart disease, valve replacement surgery improves morbidity and mortality outcomes. In 2009, 90,000 valve replacement surgeries were performed in the...

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Autores principales: Tillquist, Maggie N, Maddox, Thomas M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21448466
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S16420