Mitral Valve Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bonser, Robert S. (Editor), Pagano, Domenico (Editor), Haverich, Axel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Infectious Diseases.; Imaging / Radiology.; Internal Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

An appreciation of atrioventricular valve surgical anatomy reveals that they are much more than simple valves, opening and closing in response to pressure changes. The structural interrelationship of the valves of the heart and the dynamic mechanisms involved in their function are fundamental in opt...