Selective reduction of the septolateral dimensions in functional mitral regurgitation by modified-shape ring annuloplasty

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 472-474

  Maisano, Francesco ^a,c   Ziskind, Zvi ^a   Grimaldi, Antonio ^b   Blasio, Andrea ^a   Caldarola, Alessandro ^a   De Bonis, Michele ^a   La Canna, Giovanni ^b   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*  (Italy)

^b S Raffaele Found Inst Univ Hosp   (Italy)

^c Istituto Universitario S Raffaele   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844256303     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.06.051     Document Type: Article

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