Minimally invasive mitral valve repair in the context of Barlow's disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1496-1499

  Lapenna, Elisabetta ^a   Torracca, Lucia ^a   De Bonis, Michele ^a   La Canna, Giovanni ^a   Crescenzi, Giuseppe ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCURVY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144366550     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.032     Document Type: Article

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