Constriction of the mitral annulus in the correction of certain types of mitral insufficiency and as an aid in by-passing the left ventricle.
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003250:Constriction; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency
MITRAL VALVE/surgery