Incorporating the anterior mitral leaflet to the annulus impairs left ventricular function in an ovine modelCentral MessagePerspective
Objectives: Transcatheter mitral valve prostheses are designed to capture the anterior leaflet and surgical techniques designed to fully preserve the subvalvular apparatus at prosthetic valve insertion both serve to shorten the anterior mitral leaflet height, thus effectively incorporating it into t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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Series: | JTCVS Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273621000668 |