Use of the alfieri edge-to-edge technique to eliminate left ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by mitral systolic anterior motion

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a,b   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Shiota, Takahiro ^b  

^a Dept Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

35

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 9344229004     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.089     Document Type: Article

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