title: [Valvuloplasty for acute mitral insufficiency caused by torn chordae (Carpentier method): report of a case].
abstract: A 66-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with acute heart failure (NYHA III), and diagnosed as an MR + Tr. The cause of MR was torn chordae of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. A prolapse part of the posterior leaflet was resected and sutured by McGoon's method. Valvuloplasty was performed by using a Carpentier ring. Postoperative course was uneventful. She recovered well after the operation. Histological examination of the valve showed myxomatous degeneration.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujmura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002815:Chordae Tendineae; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous