Semicontinuous suture technique for all prosthetic valve insertions: The 'hoist' technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 859-860

  Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Hurni, Michel ^a   Fischer, Adam P ^a   Sadeghi, Hossein ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0032033024     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01412-4     Document Type: Article

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