title: Modified edge-to-edge technique for correction of congenital mitral regurgitation in infants and children.
abstract: Since 2008, 28 patients with congenital mitral regurgitation have undergone mitral valve repair with a modified edge-to-edge technique at our institution. The regurgitant mitral leaflet was sutured with a pledget-reinforced, horizontal mattress suture with No. 4-0 polypropylene on the ventricle side and a pledget-reinforced mattress suture with Gore-Tex sutures (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) and Dacron pledgets (Chest, Shanghai) placed on the anterior and posterior annulus corresponding to the edge-to-edge suturing site. Early results are encouraging, but a longer follow-up is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shandong University, Jinan, Peoples Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fusheng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wenlong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Quanxin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Chengwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Anbiao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid