Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 121-126 , Summer 2007

Adjunctive Procedures in Degenerative Mitral Valve Repair: Tricuspid Valve and Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

  • Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, Co-Director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, and Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery in the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 201 East Huron St, Ste 11-140, Chicago, IL 60611-2908.

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 Disclosures: Dr. McCarthy is the inventor of the Edwards MC3 TV Repair ring, and is a consultant to Medtronic and MedicalCV regarding atrial fibrillation therapies.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.06.002

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 121-126 , Summer 2007

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