title: Folding valvuloplasty without leaflet resection: simplified method for mitral valve repair.
abstract: Standard repair techniques can prove challenging in patients with severe myxomatous mitral valve disease when there is a broad-based mid-portion of the posterior leaflet and small medial and lateral scallops. We describe a new surgical technique in which the mitral valve repair was accomplished by simple folding the prolapsed segment of the posterior leaflet and by insertion of the flexible annuloplasty ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. mihaljt@ccf.org
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mihaljevic
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Lytle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*