A new left atrial retractor for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-177

  Murzi, Michele ^a   Solinas, Marco ^a   Bevilacqua, Stefano ^a   Gasbarri, Tommaso ^a   Glauber, Mattia ^a   Cerillo, Alfredo Giuseppe ^a  

^a IFC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; DEVICES; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MITRAL VALVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 61349126539     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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