A complex mitral valve reconstruction: a case report.
Several techniques are currently in use for mitral valve reconstruction. We report a mitral repair case in which the use of a combination of different surgical techniques resulted in the necessary correction. A 47-year-old woman underwent surgical intervention to treat severe mitral valve insufficiency due to A1/A2/A3 and P2 prolapsed valve tissue. A combination of quadrangular resection, sliding leaflet, single chordal transposition, "flip-over" leaflet, and ring annuloplasty techniques were applied, and postsurgical correct valve function was documented by results of a left ventricular saline filling test and transesophageal echocardiography control. Complex mitral valve repairing techniques can be combined to reestablish valvular function.
Buklas
Dimitrios
D
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Center, CHU "Còte de Nacre," Caen, France.
Massetti
Massimo
M
Saloux
Eric
E
Neri
Eugenio
E
LePage
Olivier
O
Ivascau
Calin
C
Babatasi
Gerard
G
Khayat
Andrè
A
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques