Is a tricuspid annuloplasty ring significantly better than a de Vega's annuloplasty stitch when repairing severe tricuspid regurgitation?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Khorsandia, Maziar ^a   Banerjeeb, Amit ^b   Singhb, Harpreet ^b   Srivastava, Aseem R ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac valve annuloplasty; Suture; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DE VEGA SUTURE ANNULOPLASTY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE RING ANNULOPLASTY;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84863446960     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs070     Document Type: Article

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