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Extracting Old Prosthetic Valves
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2000
Prosthetic and Homograft Heart Valves
Ukoha O, Elefteriades J. Prosthetic and Homograft Heart Valves. 2000, 347-365. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1190-7_26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchValve replacementHomograft heart valvesProsthetic valve surgeryAortic valve replacementMitral valve replacementThousands of patientsAortic valvulotomyPulmonary hypertensionValve surgeryMitral commissurotomyCardiopulmonary bypassVentricular dilatationAortic annulusVentricular performanceProsthetic valvesValvular pathologyMitral valveCage valveBetter outcomesCompensatory mechanismsHeart valvesDirect visualizationValveHypertensionCommissurotomy
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Skeletal Muscle Ventricles in Continuity with the Bloodstream
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