eComment: Reducing the sphericity index in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation and dilated heart

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-372

  Lentini, Salvatore ^a   Muré, Paola ^b   Monaco, Francesco ^b   Gaeta, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANASTOMOSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449165406     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.175125A     Document Type: Note

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