Preservation of the mitral valve apparatus: evidence synthesis and critical reappraisal of surgical techniques

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-401

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a,b   Chow, Andre ^b   Rao, Christopher ^a   Aziz, Omer ^b   Siannis, Fotios ^d   Ali, Ayyaz ^c   Darzi, Ara ^b   Wells, Francis ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chordal preservation; Meta analysis; Mitral valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DOGS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 39149087975     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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