Why Does Prosthetic Replacement Seemingly Have Higher Perioperative Mortality Than Valve Repair in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(06): 445-446
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1599097

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Kerem M. Vural

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

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