Mitral valve reconstruction in patients with congestive cardiomyopathy and severe secondary mitral regurgitation--a new management strategy or a bridge to heart transplantation?--Preliminary report.
Sadowski
Jerzy
J
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Kraków, Poland.
Wierzbicki
Karol
K
Drwita
Rafat
R
Wójcik
Sławomir
S
Przybyłowski
Piotr
P
Kapelak
Bogusław
B
Sobczyk
Dorota
D
Piatek
Jacek
J
Wróbel
Krzysztof
K
Filip
Grzegorz
G
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome