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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1102-1103
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Importance of stabilization of the mitral annulus in mitral valve repair

István Szentkirályi, MD, Árpád Péterffy, MD, PhD, Zoltán Galajda, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institution of Cardiology, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Centre, Debrecen, Hungary

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article of Flameng and coauthors1Go about their experiences with mitral valve repair in Barlow disease and fibroelastic deficiency. They found that not using annuloplasty ring in mitral valve repair is a risk factor for recurrent mitral valve regurgitation. We agree completely that the mitral annulus should be supported somehow, but our experience suggests that suture annuloplasty gives good results without any ring.

After our initial experience with suture annuloplasty, published 8 years ago,2Go we performed several hundred . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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