Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 260-264 , August 2007

Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch is Associated with Higher Operative Mortality Following Aortic Valve Replacement

  • Cheng-Hon Yap, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9288 2211; fax: +61 3 9288 4616.
    • ,
  • Morteza Mohajeri, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Yii, FRACS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia

Received 9 June 2006 ,Revised 9 January 2007 ,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.02.082

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 260-264 , August 2007

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