Repairing the degenerative anterior mitral leaflet.
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.
Alvarez
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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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