Injury to the circumflex coronary artery following mitral valve repair: a rather opposite strategy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 949-

  Gomes, Walter J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annuloplasty; Circumflex coronary artery; Mitral valve repair; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; ARTERY INJURY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 41949095949     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.02.010     Document Type: Letter

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