Mitral annuloplasty with autologous pericardium and saphenous vein.
Two techniques for constructing annuloplasty rings at the time of surgery are described, using great saphenous vein and autologous pericardium. These rings are easy to make and offer a no-cost alternative to commercially available rings. The long-term performance of such rings has not been determined.
Paruchuru
Pratap K
PK
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Harts Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK. ppkumar@rcsed.ac.uk
Adluri
Krishna
K
Alzetani
Aiman
A
Patel
Ramesh
R
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D019738:Surgically-Created Structures; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous