Surgical Approaches to the Mitral Valve
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Vol. 5 (3), 163-169
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.1990.tb01033.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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