The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 274-282 , February 2008

Durability of mitral valve repair in Barlow disease versus fibroelastic deficiency

  • Willem Flameng, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Willem Flameng, MD, PhD, Cardiac Surgery, University Clinic Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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  • Bart Meuris, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Paul Herijgers, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Marie-Christine Herregods, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 2 February 2007 ,Revised 12 June 2007 ,Accepted 14 June 2007.

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 Read at the Eighty-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, DC, May 5–9, 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01572-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.040

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 274-282 , February 2008

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