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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Modified technique for mitral repair without ring annuloplasty
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 75, No. 1, Year 2003
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Description
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. © 2003 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Authors & Co-Authors
Barlow, Clifford William
United Kingdom, Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Royal Papworth Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Ali, Ziad A.
United Kingdom, Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Royal Papworth Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Lim, Eric T.S.
United Kingdom, Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Royal Papworth Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Barlow, John B.
United Kingdom, Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Royal Papworth Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Wells, Francis C.
United Kingdom, Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Royal Papworth Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Statistics
Citations: 37
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03924-3
ISSN:
00034975
Study Design
Cohort Study