Anterior mitral leaflet prolapse as a primary cause of pure rheumatic mitral insufficiency

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 755-761

  Kalangos, Afksendiyos ^b   Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Vala, Dominique ^a   Jaeggi, Edgar ^a   Kaya, Gürkan ^a   Karpuz, Vildan ^a   Murith, Nicolas ^a   Faidutti, Bernard ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0034066232     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01396-X     Document Type: Article

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