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Modified sliding leaflet technique for repair of the mitral valve
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA. gillinom@cesmtp.ccf.org
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 5, 2000
Abstract:
The sliding leaflet technique reduces the incidence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve repair. We report a modification of this technique that simplifies the procedure.