title: Mitral valve repair on the beating perfused heart.
abstract: It is difficult to assess the success of mitral valve repair in the arrested heart. Various techniques have been described. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) provides excellent two-dimensional evaluation of the repair, but three-dimensional anatomic characteristics are limited. We describe a simple technique for performing mitral valve repair on the beating heart. This allows accurate evaluation of valvular competence and three-dimensional anatomic characteristics prior to closure of the atriotomy.
authors.affiliation: Midwest Heart Surgery Institute, Milwaukee, USA. Savitt@midwestheartsurgery.com
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Savitt
authors.forename: Taranpreet
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Guangqiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Aftab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome