The Time Has Come to Define Centers of Excellence in Mitral Valve Repair∗

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 499-501

  Bonow, Robert O ^a   Adams, David H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

degenerative mitral regurgitation; left ventricular; mitral valve replacement; outcomes

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGEVITY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84973460057     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.007     Document Type: Editorial

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