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Surgical Approaches to the Mitral Valve
Author(s) -
BALASUNDARAM SENGODA G.,
DURAN CARLOS
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1990.tb01033.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve , surgery , cardiology
A bstract Different approaches to the left atrium and various techniques of the atriotomy are practiced by cardiac surgeons according to the need for a particular patient and preference of the individual surgeon. Their basic methods, advantages and disadvantages, and our present day techniques are discussed.