Use of the anterior mitral leaflet to reinforce the posterior mitral annulus after debridement of calcium

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 261-262

  Casselman, Filip P ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   McDonald, Monica L ^a   Cosgrove III, Delos M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032809660     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00337-9     Document Type: Article

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