New developments in mitral valve repair

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-84

  Espada, Rafael ^a   Westaby, Stephen ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DEGENERATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031967852     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199803000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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