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Commissural closure for repair of mitral commissural prolapse.
- Source :
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The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2005 Sep; Vol. 80 (3), pp. 1135-6. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- With traditional mitral valve repair techniques, prolapse at a commissure presents a surgical challenge. When commissural prolapse is identified, simple closure of the commissure combined with annuloplasty enables rapid and reliable mitral valve repair.
- Subjects :
- Chordae Tendineae surgery
Humans
Suture Techniques
Mitral Valve Prolapse surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-6259
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16122516
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.051