title: Mitral valve repair. Save the valve!
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville 27858, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wixon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Philpott
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000601:surgery