Acta Med. 2013, 56: 167-169

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.13

INADVERTENT COMPLICATION OF PROSTHETIC VALVE SURGERY: LEAFLET PERFORATION

Mehmet Dogan, Sadik Acikel, Ugur Arslantas, Tolga Cimen, Ekrem Yeter

Ministry of Health Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Educational Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

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