Simplified chordal reconstruction: 'Oblique' placement of artificial chordae tendineae in mitral valve replacement

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 653-655

  Soga, Yoshiharu ^a   Nishimura, Kazunobu ^a   Yamazaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial chordae tendineae; Oblique direction; Rheumatic mitral stenosis; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0141626599     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00462-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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