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Mitral Valve Repair for Disruptive Acute Endocarditis: Extensive Replacement of Posterior Leaflet with Bovine Pericardium
Author(s) -
Nwaejike Nnamdi,
Ascione Raimondo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01169.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve repair , debridement (dental) , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , pericardium , surgery , mitral valve replacement , mitral valve , cardiology
Surgery for infective mitral valve endocarditis should include resection/debridement of all infected tissue, but this may leave behind insufficient‐autologous mitral valve tissue for an adequate repair. Effective mitral valve repair using only bovine pericardium is feasible even in the presence of extensive endocarditis involving a large part of the free margin of the affected leaflet. (J Card Surg 2011;26:31‐33)