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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:378-379
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Transaortic approach for the Alfieri stitch

Göran Källner, MDa, Jan van der Linden, MDa, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, MDa, Dan Lindblom, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Accepted for publication June 26, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Källner, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesiology, Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
e-mail: goran.kallner{at}thsurg.hs.sll.se

The management of associated mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is controversial. A simple, reliable, and fast repair is advantageous, especially in critically ill patients. We describe a simple method of transaortic edge-to-edge repair in patients with associated mitral regurgitation undergoing aortic valve surgery.


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