The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 628-633 , March 2010

Is robotic mitral valve repair a reproducible approach?

Read at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 24–27, 2009.

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 25 October 2009.

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 Disclosures: Lawrence Czer reports equity and grant support from St Jude.

 Supported by the Sanders Family Trust.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01414-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.047

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 628-633 , March 2010

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