Redo mitral valve repair or replacement through the right chest

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Cohn, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037529380     PISSN: 15222942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-2942(03)70032-4     Document Type: Article

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