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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 695-696, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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A "designer" annuloplasty ring for patients with massive mitral annular dilatation

SJ Shumway, VL Gott and BA Reitz
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD.

We describe a new type of mitral annuloplasty ring designed for use in the massively dilated mitral annulus. The ring can be fabricated at the operating table from a 4-mm Gore-Tex graft and umbilical tape and can be adapted in size to fit a mitral annulus of any diameter.

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