Mitral stenosis due to fibrous tissue overgrowth after mitral valve repair

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-60

  Tanaka, Kyky ^a   Makuuchi, H ^a   Naruse, Y ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Hayashi, I ^a   Takayama, T ^a   Namifusa, Y ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Mitral valve, stenosis; Mitral valve, surgery; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANNULOPLASTY; AORTA VALVE; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038746750     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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