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Does right thoracotomy increase the risk of mitral valve reoperation? [PDF]
ObjectiveThe study objective was to determine whether a right thoracotomy approach increases the risk of mitral valve reoperation.MethodsBetween January of 1993 and January of 2004, 2469 patients with mitral valve disease underwent 2570 reoperations ...
Lars G. Svensson +23 more
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A retrospective audit of mitral valve repair surgery at Tygerberg Hospital
Background: Mitral valve repair is well established as the preferred treatment modality for the majority of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease requiring intervention. Valve repair offers a distinct event-free survival advantage compared with
Al Naili, M. +4 more
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Use of a sandwich technique to repair a left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement [PDF]
One difficulty with external repair of left ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement is collateral bleeding in friable myocardium adjacent to the rupture.
Lee, Anthony W +2 more
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas: A 10-year single-center surgical experience and long-term echocardiographic follow-up study [PDF]
Aims. Limited contemporary data are available on the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after surgery for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF). The aim of this study was to review the clinical manifestations, pathological characteristics, surgical ...
Brát, Radim +3 more
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Mitral valve repair is the gold standard treatment for mitral regurgitation. The history of mitral valve repair and its refinement in terms of the technique used will show the evolution of this surgical technique. The standard technique we use for mitral valve repair is described, and the outcomes we have observed over the past 4 decades are presented.
Lawrence H. Cohn, Tsuyoshi Kaneko
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Intensive care and anesthesia management for HARPOON beating heart mitral valve repair
Patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation secondary to degenerative disease are known to benefit from mitral valve repair surgery. Novel techniques for achieving mitral valve repair on the beating heart have been developed and are being introduced ...
Paul Diprose +4 more
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Background. Septal myectomy is currently the «gold» standard of surgical treatment of patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In some cases, isolated septal myectomy does not eliminate SAM-induced mitral insufficiency.
A. S. Zalesov +7 more
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Left atrial (LA) dimension is a marker of disease severity and outcome in primary and secondary mitral regurgitation. In transcatheter mitral valve repair, LA enlargement might additionally impact on device handling and technical success through an ...
C. Iliadis +13 more
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Recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for bileaflet lesions in the modern era
Background Good mid-term durability of mitral valve repair of bileaflet lesions has been reported; however, patients may develop failure during follow-up.
Daisuke Kaneyuki +9 more
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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) alone in moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation: is CABG really enough? [PDF]
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Nappi, Francesco, Spadaccio, Cristiano
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