Acute mitral regurgitation due to ruptured ePTFE neo-chordae

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-281

  Coutinho, Gonçalo F ^a   Carvalho, Lina ^a   Antunes, Manuel J ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REST; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SUTURES;

EID: 34250011413     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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