Ruptured papillary muscle after mitral valve replacement with preservation of chordae tendineae

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1384-1386

  Lemke, Peter ^a   Roth, Matthias ^a,b   Kraus, Bernd ^a   Hohe, Stephen ^a   Klövekorn, Wolf P ^a   Bauer, Erwin P ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b Kerckhoff Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0034774281     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02502-9     Document Type: Article

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