Robotic mitral valve annuloplasty with double-arm nitinol U-clips

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1372-1376

  Reade, Clifton C ^a   Bower, Curtis E ^a   Bailey, B Marcus ^a   Maziarz, David M ^a   Masroor, Saqib ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 15944400409     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.072     Document Type: Article

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