Different applications of ePTFE valve chordae. Surgical technique

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-361

  Zussa, Claudio ^a  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CHORDA TENDINEA; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUTURES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0029742644     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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