title: Bench repair of donor mitral valve before heart transplantation.
abstract: Bench repair of the donor mitral valve was performed before orthotopic heart transplantation in a 57-year-old status I recepient. Mitral regurgitation in the structurally normal mitral valve was due to annular dilatation at the attachment of the posterior leaflet and was corrected with posterior annuloplasty. The patient is clinically well 18 months after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, 44195, USA.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Massad
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Smedira
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoercher
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandervoort
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium; D013536:Suture Techniques