Ruptured synthetic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene chordae tendinae

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-184

  Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Collins, Michael J ^a   David, Tirone E ^a,c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcification; Expanded PTFE suture; Mitral valve prepair

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SUTURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SUTURES;

EID: 1842662528     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(04)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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