Mitral valve repair: moving towards a personalized ring

Mitral valve repair: moving towards a personalized ring

Abstract Background Mitral valve repair with the use of an annuloplasty ring is the procedure of choice in patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR) due to floppy mitral valve (FMV)/mitral valve prolapse (MVP). The mitral annular size, shape and motion may vary substantially among patients...

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Main Authors: Antonios Pitsis, Timotheos Kelpis, Efstratios Theofilogiannakos, Nikolaos Tsotsolis, Harisios Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Mitral valve prolapse
Floppy mitral valve
Mitral regurgitation
Repair
Personalized ring
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0926-7

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