Intracardiac ultrasonic suture welding for knotless mitral valve replacement

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-248

  Ruel, Marc ^a   Streeter, Richard B ^a   De la Torre, Ralph ^a   Liddicoat, John R ^a   Cohn, William E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive valve surgery; Mitral valve replacement; Ultrasonic welding

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; ULTRASOUND; WELDING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036167217     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01090-9     Document Type: Article

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