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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:2206-2207
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Double-breasted repair of the posterior mitral valve leaflet

Jai S. Raman, MBBS, FRACSa*, Rajiv Gupta, MBBS, MCha, Pallav Shah, MBBS, MCha, Ravindra Setty, MBBS, MCha, Keiichi Tambara, MDa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Accepted for publication June 10, 2002.

* Address correspondence to Dr Raman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Studley Rd, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
e-mail: jai.raman{at}armc.org.au

The double-breasted repair of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve is an alternative technique for correction of mitral regurgitation in selected patients. This new technique has the advantage of avoiding distortion of the posterior annulus and simplifies the repair, especially in complex posterior leaflet prolapse.






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