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Failing stentless Bioprostheses in patients with carcinoid heart valve disease

BACKGROUND: Carcinoid tumor with consecutive endocardial fibroelastosis of the right heart, known as carcinoid heart valve disease (CHVD) or Hedinger’s syndrome, is accompanied by combined right-sided valvular dysfunction with regurgitation and stenosis of the affected valves. Cardiac surgery with r...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, Andreas, Sill, Bjoern, Schoenebeck, Jeannette, Schneeberger, Yvonne, Reichenspurner, Hermann, Gulbins, Helmut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0238-5