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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1229-1230
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Repairing the degenerative anterior mitral leaflet

John M. Alvarez, FRACS*, Narcissus Teoh, MD, BS, Cedric W. Deal, FRACS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Accepted for publication August 25, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Alvarez, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, 2065, Sydney, Australia.

This is a consecutive, nonselected series of 18 patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation requiring a reparative operation on the anterior mitral leaflet. A new technique of double-breasting the two leaflets when flail septal segments are encountered is introduced.




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