Edge-to-edge technique: Is it also useful in children?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 848-851

  Quarti, Andrea ^a   DAlfonso, Alessandro ^a   Colaneri, Massimo ^a   Baldinelli, Alessandra ^a   Ricciotti, Roberto ^a   Bettuzzi, Maria Grazia ^a   Pozzi, Marco ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve repair; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; WARFARIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 70349795904     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832e6430     Document Type: Article

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