title: Papillary muscle sling placement for functional mitral regurgitation during minimally invasive valve surgery.
abstract: Herein, we report a case of a 39-year-old woman with an 18-month history of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe functional mitral regurgitation and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 20%. Despite optimal medical therapy, she was in New York Heart Association heart failure class IV, with dyspnea on minimal exertion. The patient underwent minimally invasive mitral valve repair with placement of a papillary muscle sling, which improved her symptoms.
authors: Columbia University Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA.
authors: Alexandre M
authors: AM
authors: Benjo
authors: Franscisco Y B
authors: FY
authors: Macedo
authors: Orlando
authors: O
authors: Santana
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Lamelas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*