Long term follow-up of open commissurotomy versus bileaflet valve replacement for rheumatic mitral stenosis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^b   Vitale, Nicola ^a   Nappi, Gianantonio ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Ismeno, Gennaro ^a   Di Benedetto, Bartolomeo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac valve prosthesis; Commissurotomy; Rheumatic mitral valve stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030921237     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00197-8     Document Type: Article

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