Donor mitral valve repair in cardiac transplantation
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Donor mitral valve repair in cardiac transplantation.
INTRODUCTION For many patients suffering from end-stage heart failure, heart transplantation remains the only hope for survival, but the shortage of donor organ is increasing. The growing number of patients awaiting heart transplantation has led many centers to expand the donor pool by liberalizing donor criteria, including advances in surgical techniques on the donor heart, such as valve repai...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.041