Long-term results of cusp-level chordal shortening for anterior mitral leaflet prolapse

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-250

  Murala, J S Kumar ^a   Kumar, A Sampath ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chordae tendineae surgery; Echocardiography; Mitral valve insufficiency surgery; Mitral valve prolapse surgery; Mitral valve stenosis surgery; Rheumatic heart disease surgery

Indexed keywords

TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORDA TENDINEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444245117     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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