Abstract
Mitral valve repair is the procedure of choice to correct mitral regurgitation. Most operative techniques use an annuloplasty ring to provide stability and durability to the correction. We present a modification of existing repair techniques, without the use of an annuloplasty ring, in which plication sutures allow both annular remodeling and stability. Clinical and echocardiographic follow-up in our series of 60 patients with a mean follow-up of 29 months is presented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 298-300 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |