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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:e46-e48
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How To Do It

Folding Valvuloplasty Without Leaflet Resection: Simplified Method for Mitral Valve Repair

Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD*, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Bruce W. Lytle, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Accepted for publication July 26, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Mihaljevic, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery/F24, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195 (Email: mihaljt{at}ccf.org).

Standard repair techniques can prove challenging in patients with severe myxomatous mitral valve disease when there is a broad-based mid-portion of the posterior leaflet and small medial and lateral scallops. We describe a new surgical technique in which the mitral valve repair was accomplished by simple folding the prolapsed segment of the posterior leaflet and by insertion of the flexible annuloplasty ring.




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