Ultrasonic debridement of mitral calcification

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 240-242

  Baumgartner, Fritz J ^a,b   Pandya, Avni ^a   Omari, Bassam O ^a   Pandya, Andy ^a   Turner, Carrie ^a   Milliken, Jeffrey C ^a   Robertson, John M ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pacific Cardiothoracic Surgery Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0031448103     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1997.tb00133.x     Document Type: Article

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