Robotic "Haircut" Mitral Valve Repair: Posterior Leaflet-Plasty

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1460-1462

  Chu, Michael W A ^a   Gersch, Karen A ^a   Rodriguez, Evelio ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; POSTERIOR LEAFLET PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749132512     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.040     Document Type: Article

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