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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:228-229
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

David H. Adams, MD, Ani C. Anyanwu, MD, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

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We are aware of Dr Lawrie’s approach to degenerative mitral valve repair and note that it adopts the key foundation of Carpentier’s French correction, which is the restoration of a symmetric and long line (depth) of leaflet coaptation. We have found Carpentier’s valve reconstructive techniques to be applicable in 100% of complex degenerative cases1Go and note that they are associated with excellent . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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