A novel technique for treatment of mitral valve prolapse/flail

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1568-1570

  Panic, Goran ^a   Ristic, Miljko ^a   Putnik, Svetozar ^a   Markovic, Dejan ^a   Divac, Ivan ^a   Babic, Uros U ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMORAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 67349119028     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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