The clover technique for the treatment of complex tricuspid valve insufficiency: midterm clinical and echocardiographic results in 66 patients
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- 1 June 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 37 (6) , 1297-1303
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.12.020
Abstract
Objective: This study assesses the results of the ‘clover technique’ (suturing together the middle point of the free edges of the tricuspid leaflets)Keywords
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