The experience of mitral valve repair for valve regurgitation
Takemura, T.; Ohno, H.; Nemoto, S.; Kikuchi, C.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 48(8): 646-649
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 7643499 Document Number: 443546
Between November 1993 and March 1995, 10 patients underwent mitral valve repair. Six of them were performed with McGoon's procedure for prolapsed posterior leaflet. Two of them were performed chodal reconstruction with PTFE sutures for prolapsed anterior leaflet. A patient received McGoon's procedure of posterior leaflet and chodal reconstruction of anterior leaflet. A patient of ischemic mitral regurgitation underwent mitral annuloplasty. There were no operative and late deaths. The MR disappeared or improved to grade I in 9 patients. A patient with McGoon's procedure had hemolytic anemia and required reoperation.