Conventional left atrial versus superior septal approach for mitral valve replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1123-1127

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,b   Alessandrini, Francesco ^a   Glieca, Franco ^a   Martinelli, Lorenzo ^a   Santarelli, Pietro ^a   Bruno, Piergiorgio ^a   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 0030932269     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01394-X     Document Type: Article

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