Left atrial dissection after mitral operation mimicking severe mitral regurgitation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 596-597

  Heidt, Martin C ^a   Menon, Ares K ^a   Roth, Peter ^a   Mitrev, Zan ^a   Akintürk, Hakan K ^a   Vogt, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DISSECTION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842282905     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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