title: Homemade mitral ring.
abstract: A simple and quick technique to fashion a mitral ring was developed using a stainless steel wire covered by a Gore-Tex strip. This technique allows a 15-fold reduction in the cost of a mitral ring compared with commercially available rings. As such, cardiac surgery becomes more readily available to patients in developing countries such as Africa and Asia. These homemade rings were implanted in 6 patients with similar results to commercially available rings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital de Rangueil-Toulouse University, Toulouse, France. fournial.g@chu-toulouse.fr
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grinda
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leobon
authors.forename: Natacha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prandy
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fournial
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deloche
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000191:economics