title: Repairing the degenerative anterior mitral leaflet.
abstract: This is a consecutive, nonselected series of 18 patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation requiring a reparative operation on the anterior mitral leaflet. A new technique of double-breasting the two leaflets when flail septal segments are encountered is introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Deal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013536:Suture Techniques