Transapical transcatheter valve‐in‐ring implantation following mitral annuloplasty | Zendy

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Transapical transcatheter valve‐in‐ring implantation following mitral annuloplasty

Author(s) -

Pfeiffer Steffen,

Gazdag Laszlo,

Jessl Jürgen,

Santarpino Giuseppe

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.13159

Subject(s) - medicine , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve repair , mitral valve , mitral valve annuloplasty , cardiology , mitral valve regurgitation , surgery

Despite advances in surgical techniques for mitral valve repair, more than 20% of patients require reoperation within 10 years due to recurrence of severe mitral regurgitation. However, reoperations on the mitral valve are often associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We report a transapical mitral valve‐in‐ring implantation in a patient who had undergone mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation using a complete semi‐rigid Memo 3D mitral ring (LivaNova Group, Milan, Italy).

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