Recurrent incompetence of repaired floppy mitral valves and the severity of myxomatous degeneration

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 497-502

  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

Conservative; Floppy; Mitral valve; Myxomatous; Repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYXOMATOUS DEGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033947523     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950070114     Document Type: Article

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