"Ring Pledget": A new concept for secure apex closure during transapical aortic valve implantation

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-137

  Astarci, Parla ^a   Glineur, David ^a   Kefer, Joelle ^a   Renkin, Jean ^a   Vanoverschelde, Jean Louis ^a   El Khoury, Gebrine ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Apex closure; Transapical

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 77950974254     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181cbb364     Document Type: Article

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