Ligation or Distortion of the Right Circumflex Artery During Minimal Invasive Mitral Valve Repair Detected by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408.e4-408.e5

  Ender, Joerg ^a   Gummert, Jan ^a   Fassl, Jens ^a   Krohmer, Eugen ^a   Bossert, Thorsten ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41249095110     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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