Gore-Tex Loop Implantation for Mitral Valve Prolapse: The Leipzig Loop Technique

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Seeburger, Joerg ^a   Borger, Michael Andrew ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 49149128448     PISSN: 15222942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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