Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1268 , November 2009

Why Do Mitral Valve Repairs Fail?

  • Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD, FRCS
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  • David H. Adams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David H. Adams, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1190 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029-1028.

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 David H. Adams, MD, is an inventor with royalties of the Carpentier Edwards Physio II and Carpentier McCarthy Adams IMR Annuloplasty Rings (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA).

PII: S0894-7317(09)00886-4

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.024

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1268 , November 2009

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