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A Simplified Stepwise Approach to Echo Guidance during Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Published on: October 16, 2021
Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral valve repair by modified "edge to edge" technique
Tomás Francisco Cianciulli1, Jorge Alberto Lax, María Cristina Saccheri
1Researchers of the Secretary of Health, Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz 3305 14 A, Capital Federal (C1425DCB), Buenos Aires, Argentina. tcianciulli@fibertel.com.ar
Abstract:
The "edge to edge" or "double-orifice" technique is an alternative surgical option of mitral valve repair to treat mitral regurgitation. Echocardiography is very useful to evaluate the postoperative valve function, but since this technique is not frequently used, there is little experience about its echocardiographic features, which are different from those of the classic mitral valve repair. In this report, we present a patient who underwent this repair with a modified approach called "triple-orifice technique" and was evaluated by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.
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