Aortic and mitral valve replacement through a minimally invasive approach

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 166-169

  Klokočovnik, Tomislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve surgery; Aortic valve transplantation; Heart valve implantation methods; Heart valves surgery; Mitral valve surgery; Mitral valve transplantation; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive methods; Thoracotomy methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION RISK; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REOPERATION; SCAR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0031707529     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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