title: Repair of commissural prolapse by extended leaflet sliding.
abstract: Three patients had chronic mitral regurgitation due to commissural chorda rupture with commissural prolapse. Two of them had myxomatous valve disease and 1 had fibroelastic deficiency. Characteristic intraoperative epicardial and transesophageal echocardiographic findings are demonstrated. A technique is proposed that involves creating a new commissure and avoiding annular plication by extended sliding plasty and rotating the posterior mitral leaflet.
authors.affiliation: Thorax Center Dykzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Herwerden
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taams
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*