title: Mitral valve repair in redo cardiac surgery.
abstract: An increasing number of patients are being referred for mitral valve repair in the redo cardiac surgery setting. The most common clinical scenarios involve prior coronary bypass surgery or aortic valve replacement, each presenting special challenges in terms of gaining valve exposure to enable repair while limiting dissection as much as possible. A right anterior thoracotomy approach is preferred in most patients, coupled with hypothermic fibrillatory arrest. A repeat sternotomy may be favored in select circumstances such as when there is a need for bypass grafting or moderate aortic insufficiency is present. Special attention to cannulation techniques, perfusion conditions, valve exposure, and de-airing maneuvers are all important to ensure good clinical results. Using a tailored approach we have performed mitral valve repair in 22 patients with a patent left internal mammary artery graft following coronary artery bypass grafting between July 1992 and February 2000 with acceptable morbidity and low mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Woman's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. dadams@partners.org
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filsoufi
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Karavas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aklog
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001900:Boston; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012086:Reoperation / Q000401:mortality; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome