Residual Mitral Regurgitation After Repair for Posterior Leaflet Prolapse—Importance of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering

Residual Mitral Regurgitation After Repair for Posterior Leaflet Prolapse—Importance of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering

BackgroundCarpentier's techniques for degenerative posterior mitral leaflet prolapse have been established with excellent long‐term results reported. However, residual mitral regurgitation (MR) occasionally occurs even after a straightforward repair, though the involved mechanisms are not fully...

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Main Authors: Taichi Sakaguchi, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Misako Toki, Arudo Hiraoka, Akihiro Hayashida, Toshinori Totsugawa, Kentaro Tamura, Genta Chikazawa, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Kiyoshi Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
echocardiography
leaflet tethering
mitral regurgitation
posterior leaflet prolapse
three‐dimensional
valvuloplasty
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008495

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