Will minimally invasive valve replacement ever really be important?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-127

  Caffarelli, Anthony D ^c   Robbins, Robert C ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Minimally invasive; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MITRAL VALVE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642346244     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200403000-00010     Document Type: Review

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