title: Mitral regurgitation caused by an isolated mitral leaflet cleft.
abstract: An isolated cleft of the mitral valve leaflet is rare cause of mitral regurgitation in adults. We report a successful minimally invasive mitral valve repair for severe mitral regurgitation caused by an isolated cleft of the anterior mitral leaflet. During the operation, we found a large cleft measuring 5×8 mm in the center of the anterior mitral leaflet. We closed the cleft directly and performed annuloplasty with a 30-mm Carpenter-Edwards Physio Ring (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA). The mitral valve is very well visualized with the video-assisted minimally invasive approach through the right chest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. qtgkk994@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Anas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aboud
authors.forename: Kavous
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hakim-Meibodi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gummert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*