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Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement with mechanical or biological substitutes: a 20 years cohort

BACKGROUND: The choice of prosthesis for mitral valve replacement still remains controversial. This study assessed mortality, bleeding events and reoperation in patients who underwent mitral valve replacement surgery with biological or mechanical substitutes. METHODS: A total of 352 patients who und...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Angela Henrique Silva, Wender, Orlando Carlos Belmonte, de Almeida, Adriana Silveira, Soares, Luciana Eltz, Picon, Paulo Dornelles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4271332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25326757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-146