Circumferential suture of the mitral annulus for correction of mitral regurgitation in dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 182-193

  Buchanan, James W ^a   Sammarco, Carl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVOR; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 0032068638     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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