title: [A case report on the sliding commissuroplasty for mitral regurgitation due to posterior commissural chordal rupture].
abstract: We have performed a mitral valve reconstruction on a 31-year-old man who suffered from infective endocarditis four years ago. Severe mitral regurgitation and posterior commissural chordal rupture were noted. The mitral valve was repaired by Carpentier's sliding commissuroplasty and ring annuloplasty. The postoperative course was uneventful, and mitral regurgitation completely disappeared. It appears that Carpentier's sliding commissuroplasty is a superior new reconstructive technique for mitral regurgitation due to commissural chordal rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002815:Chordae Tendineae; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous