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Shashwat Shrivastava1, Shipra Shrivastava2, Sandeep Shrivastava2
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
Abstract:
The commissures are the supporting unit for the leaflets, and they play a vital role in the diastolic and systolic functioning of the mitral valve. This report describes the "ship technique" of commissural reconstruction in rheumatic mitral stenosis repairs. The technique overcomes gradients that are often encountered with limited commissurotomy and residual leaks observed with extended commissurotomy.
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