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An approach to mitral valve surgery by a T-shaped mini-sternotomy with functioning bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts
Surgery Today, 10/02/09

Takahashi Y et al. – The authors chose to perform an inferior T–shaped mini–sternotomy. The surgical field was sufficient to perform mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic valve under fibrillatory arrest. The grafts were neither dissected nor clamped, and access to the aorta and mitral valve was excellent.

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A Framework for Systematic Characterization of the Mitral Valve by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography
Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Percutaneous Implantation of CoreValve Aortic Prostheses in Patients With a Mechanical Mitral Valve
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Successful Transapical Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With a Previous Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Annuloplasty with the Carillon Mitral Contour System by Cardiac Dimensions. A Minimally Invasive Therapeutic Option for the Treatment of Severe Functional Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Herz, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Intra-atrial implantation of a mitral valve prosthesis in a heavily calcified mitral annulus
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 69%