Posterior mitral annuloplasty with an adjustable homemade ring

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-228

  Oǧuş, Temuçin N ^a,b   Çiçek, Sertaç ^a   Işik, Ömer ^a  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; POLITEF; SODIUM VARFARINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ANNULOPLASTY RING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036589526     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2002.tb01204.x     Document Type: Article

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