Mitral valve repair in patients with infective endocarditis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Yamaguchi, Hiroichiro ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a   Yamachika, Shiro ^a   Hisata, Yoichi ^a   Tanigawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Izumi, Kenta ^a   Matsukuma, Seiji ^a   Onohara, Daisuke ^a   Matsumaru, Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CODING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 31644448536     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.179     Document Type: Article

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