Para-prosthetic leaks following mitral valve replacement : Case analysis on a 20-year period.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment of mitral para-prosthetic leaks is accompanied by a high mortality rate. The operative strategy plays a major role and can influence the morbity-mortality encountered in those patients.
PMID: 29141552 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Cardiology Reviews - Category: Cardiology Tags: Curr Cardiol Rev Source Type: research
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