Mitral valve annuloplasty with a bovine pericardial strip - 18-year results Anuloplastia mitral com tira de pericárdio bovino resultados de 18 anos

PURPOSE: Prosthetic annuloplasty rings are currently used in mitral reconstruction. Posterior annuloplasty with a bovine pericardial strip is a technique largely used in the Heart Institute of University of São Paulo Medical School. The purpose of the study was to analyze the late results of mitral...

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Main Authors: Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, João Marcelo Ancilon Albuquerque, Paola Yastrevov Pomerantzeff, Flavio Takeda, Sergio A. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2005-08-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322005000400008