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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1560-1561
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How To Do It

Anterior Mitral Leaflet Augmentation With Autologous Pericardium

Stéphane Aubert, MD, MS*, Erwan Flecher, MD, Sylvain Rubin, MD, Christophe Acar, MD, Iradj Gandjbakhch, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France

Accepted for publication May 16, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Stephane Aubert, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 Boulevard de l’hôpital 75651 Paris, Cedex 13 France (Email: stephaneaubert{at}yahoo.fr).

The results of mitral repair for rheumatic valve insufficiency are still suboptimal. Anterior leaflet augmentation with autologous pericardium is a useful adjunct to compensate leaflet and chordae retraction. The technique and its indication are described in this article.






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