Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch: State of the Art and Implications for Long Term Results

Paolo Nardi, Marco Russo, Guglielmo Saitto and Giovanni Ruvolo
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Giovanni Ruvolo: Cardiac Surgery Division, Tor Vergata University Policlinic of Rome, Italy

Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy, 2017, vol. 4, issue 4, 71-73

Abstract: Patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) was reported for the first time by Rahimtoola [1] in 1978 and it occurs when the effective orifice area (EOA) indexed for the body surface area (BSA) is less than that of a normal human valve.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/JOCCT.2017.04.555643

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