Unsatisfying mitral valve repair? The 'Loop method': a lifebelt to grab

Autor: Claudia Loardi, Marco Zanobini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-021-01649-x
Popis: Abstract Intra-operative mitral valve repair failure is a common condition in patients with complex myxomatous disease requiring aortic re-clamping and application of a fast and easy surgical technique to correct the residual imperfection. Herein we describe a reproducible method of artificial chord reconstruction which preserves the previous accomplished acts and allows for accurate chordal length measurement basing on the annuloplasty as the reference level.
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