Mitral valve repair with a malleable bovine pericardium ring

OBJECTIVE: To describe a surgical procedure utilizing a malleable bovine pericardium ring in mitral valve repair and clinical and echodopplercadiographic results. METHODS: Thirty-two (25 female and 7 male) patients, aged between 9 and 66 (M=36.4±17.2) years, were studied over a 16-month period, with...

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Main Authors: Marco Antônio Volpe, Domingo Marcolino Braile, Reinaldo Wilson Vieira, Dorotéia Rossi Silva Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2000-11-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000001100003