Mitral valve replacement through a giant left atrial appendage

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-129

  Rikitake, K ^a,c   Minato, N ^a   Ohnishi, H ^a   Takedomi, K ^b  

^a Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant LA appendage; Heart atrium abnormalities; Heart valve prosthesis; Mitral valve insufficiency surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032948732     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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