Posterior mitral valve restoration for ischemic regurgitation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 729-730

  Fundarò, Pino ^a,b   Pocar, Marco ^a   Moneta, Andrea ^a   Donatelli, Francesco ^a   Grossi, Adalberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0442292360     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01048-8     Document Type: Article

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