Mitral valve replacement with Alvarez prosthesis: long-term results
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- 1 May 1969
- Vol. 24 (3) , 287-290
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.24.3.287
Abstract
The high mortality and morbidity that follow insertion of the Alvarez valve in the mitral position, and particularly the thrombo-embolic complications, stopped us from using it clinically in the Leeds General Infirmary.Keywords
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