Releasable annuloplasty ring insertion - a novel experimental implantation model

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 830-832

  Bothe, Wolfgang ^a   Chang, Paul A ^a   Swanson, Julia C ^a   Itoh, Akinobu ^a   Arata, Koji ^a   Ingels, Neil B ^a,b   Miller, David Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuloplasty ring; Novel insertion method; Ovine model; Reversible ring implantation

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELEASABLE ANNULOPLASTY RING; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SHEEP; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 70349973278     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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