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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:379-380
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary: how to do it

Invited commentary

Mehmet Oz, MDa, Christopher Mutrie, BAa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Milstein Hospital, Suite 7-435, 177 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032, USA

e-mail: mco2@Columbia.edu

This innovative approach to mitral regurgitation is especially valuable in technically challenging cases such as reoperations and fragile patients. We have used the technique successfully in 10 cases [1] without evidence of mitral stenosis and with one case of residual moderate regurgitation and one late mortality unrelated to the mitral valve. No patient has required reoperation, although . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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