REPAIR OF COMMISSURAL PROLAPSE BY EXTENDED LEAFLET SLIDING

Authors
VANHERWERDEN LA TAAMS MA BOS E
Citation
La. Vanherwerden et al., REPAIR OF COMMISSURAL PROLAPSE BY EXTENDED LEAFLET SLIDING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 57(2), 1994, pp. 387-390
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
387 - 390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)57:2<387:ROCPBE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Three patients had chronic mitral regurgitation due to commissural cho rda rupture with commissural prolapse. Two of them had myxomatous valv e disease and 1 had fibroelastic deficiency. Characteristic intraopera tive epicardial and transesophageal echocardiographic findings are dem onstrated. A technique is proposed that involves creating a new commis sure and avoiding annular plication by extended sliding plasty and rot ating the posterior mitral leaflet.