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Mitral valve repair using an autologous pericardial strip in infants and young children
Author(s) -
Liu LiXin,
Zhang JianFeng,
Xu WeiXian,
Zhao XiaoBo,
Zhou WeiLi,
Xi Lei,
He GuoWei
Publication year - 2017
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/jocs.12871
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral regurgitation , mitral annulus , cardiology , stenosis , mitral valve repair , mitral valve , annulus (botany) , surgery , diastole , blood pressure , botany , biology
We have modified the mitral repair technique in infants and small children by using autologous pericardial strips to treat mitral regurgitation resulting from a dilated mitral annulus. Our results demonstrate that this technique maintains stability and flexibility of the mitral annulus and decreases the risk of mitral stenosis.