The clover technique for the treatment of complex tricuspid valve insufficiency: midterm clinical and echocardiographic results in 66 patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1297-1303

  Lapenna, Elisabetta ^a   De Bonis, Michele ^a   Verzini, Alessandro ^a   La Canna, Giovanni ^a   Ferrara, David ^a   Calabrese, Maria Chiara ^a   Taramasso, Maurizio ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Tricuspid prolapse; Tricuspid regurgitation; Valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77952582190     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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