Sizing for mitral annuloplasty: Where does science stop and voodoo begin?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1475-1483

  Bothe, Wolfgang ^a,b   Miller, D Craig ^b   Doenst, Torsten ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AML; anterior mitral leaflet; C C; Carpentier Edwards; CE; CG; Colvin Galloway; commissure commissure; FMR; functional mitral regurgitation; IMR; ischemic mitral regurgitation; left ventricular; LV; mitral regurgitation; MR; N N; notch to notch; rigid saddle shaped annuloplasty ring; RSAR; S L; septal lateral; SJM; St. Jude Medical

Indexed keywords

HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE RING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875369911     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.023     Document Type: Review

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