1. Quality of mitral valve repair: Median sternotomy versus port-access approach
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Raanani, Ehud, Spiegelstein, Dan, Sternik, Leonid, Preisman, Sergey, Moshkovitz, Yaron, Smolinsky, Aram K., and Shinfeld, Amihai
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Medical colleges ,Heart valve diseases ,Health - Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.035 Byline: Ehud Raanani, Dan Spiegelstein, Leonid Sternik, Sergey Preisman, Yaron Moshkovitz, Aram K. Smolinsky, Amihai Shinfeld Abbreviations: MR, mitral regurgitation; MS, median sternotomy; MV, mitral valve; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PA, port access Abstract: We sought to compare early and late clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve repair by means of the port-access and median sternotomy approaches. Author Affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Article History: Received 13 July 2009; Revised 2 September 2009; Accepted 17 September 2009 Article Note: (footnote) Disclosures: None.
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