Mitral annular calcification: A new technique for valve replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1819-1820

  Vander Salm, Thomas J ^a   Perras, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIFICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031160665     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00363-9     Document Type: Note

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