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A "designer" annuloplasty ring for patients with massive mitral annular dilatation
S J Shumway1, V L Gott, B A Reitz
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
We describe a new type of mitral annuloplasty ring designed for use in the massively dilated mitral annulus. The ring can be fabricated at the operating table from a 4-mm Gore-Tex graft and umbilical tape and can be adapted in size to fit a mitral annulus of any diameter.