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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1190. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.019
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Alfred T. Culliford, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, 530 First Ave, Ste 9-V, New York, NY 10016

(Email: alfred.culliford@med.nyu.edu).

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The outcome of patients undergoing mitral valve repair in the United States was recently reported by Gammie and colleges [1] in this journal. The analysis was based on the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database of 910 hospitals. During an 8-year period, the rate of repair increased from 51% to 69% in more than 28,000 patients. The reported operation mortality was 1.2% overall, but only 0.6% for class I patients undergoing repair.

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