Mitral valve procedure in dilated cardiomyopathy: Repair or replacement?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1146-1152

  Calafiore, Antonio M ^a   Gallina, Sabina ^a   Di Mauro, Michele ^a   Gaeta, Filoteo ^a   Iacò, Angela L ^a   D'Alessandro, Stefano ^a   Mazzei, Valerio ^a   Di Giammarco, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035061568     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02650-3     Document Type: Article

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