Editorial: 'Edge to edge' percutaneous mitral valve repair in mitral regurgitation: It can be done but should it be done?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1301-1304

  Vahanian, Alec ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIP; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; NOTE;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953191262     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq088     Document Type: Editorial

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