Sutured wound in myxomatous mitral valve one month after repair surgery: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 811-812

  Nakayama, Mitsuyuki ^a,c   Yutani, Chikao ^a   Imakita, Masami ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Nishida, Naoki ^a   Kosakai, Yoshio ^a   Nakajima, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Chiba Kaihin Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myxomatous mitral valve; Quadrangular resection; Sutured wound; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE; VALVULOPLASTY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032806607     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482335     Document Type: Article

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