Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse: Chordal transfer versus chordal shortening. Which is better? [3]

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1125-1127

  Fundaro, P ^a   Lemma, M ^a   Di Mattia, D G ^a   Santoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; CHORDA TENDINEA; HEART MYXOMA; HEART VALVE PROLAPSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0031469391     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70033-3     Document Type: Letter

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