Distortion of the proximal circumflex artery during mitral valve repair

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-165

  Calafiore, Antonio M ^a   Iacò, Angela L ^a   Varone, Egidio ^b   Bosco, Paolo ^b   Di Mauro, Michele ^c  

^a PRINCE SULTAN CARDIAC CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Catania ^*  (Italy)

^c Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PROXIMAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY DISTORTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77749255175     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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