Mitral commissurotomy, a technique outdated? Long-term follow-up over a period of 35 years

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2112-2118

  Detter, Christian ^a   Fischlein, Teddy ^a   Feldmeier, Christina ^a   Nollert, Georg ^a   Reichenspurner, Hermann ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0033385858     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00838-3     Document Type: Article

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