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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 55(3): 211-212
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924702
Letter to the Editor

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Comment on “Fracture of Colvin-Galloway Future Band in a Patient with Mitral Valve Annuloplasty” by Bauer et al., Thorac Cardiov Surg 2006; 54: 352 - 353

M. Hartrumpf1 , U. A. Stock1 , J. M. Albes1
  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau bei Berlin, Germany
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Publication History

received August 18, 2006

Publication Date:
05 April 2007 (online)

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Key words

heart valve surgery - mitral valve - annuloplasty - reoperation

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