[Emergency correction of traumatic mitral valve insufficiency under craniocerebral hypothermia]

Data of emergency correction of traumatic mitral insufficiency in 15 patients after closed mitral commissurotomy under conditions of craniocerebral hypothermia without artificial blood circulation are presented. Prostheses of the mitral valve were made in 3 patients, plastic valve-preserving interventions--in 12 patients. One patient died. The authors consider that in most cases with traumatic insufficiency of the mitral valve after closed commissurotomy it is possible to perform valve-preserving operations, craniocerebral hypothermia being a reliable method of their maintenance.