Editorial: The anatomy of the mitral valve: A retrospective analysis of yesterday's future

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 543-547

  Kanani, Mazyar ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLE; ANATOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANATOMY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0141502318     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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