RESULTS OF A TECHNIQUE OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 17 (5) , 491-494
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1987.tb00105.x
Abstract
A particular technique for mitral repair of the posterior leaflet prolapse of the mitral valve has been used at Royal North Shore Hospital over a 15‐year period. The anatomical details, complications and results of repair, as well as mortality, are reviewed in a group of 49 patients.Surgery in this group was performed with three peri‐operative deaths. Three patients required re‐operation due to the failure of repair; one patient within one month of surgery and the others at 6.5 and 9 years. All patients improved symptomatically following mitral repair.This series demonstrates that the repair of posterior leaflet prolapse can be performed in all patient age groups with low mortality and morbidity rates. A low incidence of re‐operation for failure of repair and other complications related to valve surgery can be anticipated. (Aust NZ J Med 1987; 17: 491–494)Keywords
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