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New technique of posterior mitral annuloplasty
H Izumoto1, E Kiyoyuki, S Ohuchi
1Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwate Medical University Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|June 30, 2000
Abstract:
We have developed a new technique of mitral annuloplasty applicable in patients with rheumatic mitral regurgitation. This technique is designed to advance anteriorly the posterior annulus and leaflet and to gain more coaptation area. Technical details of this procedure are presented.