Bileaflet versus Posterior-Leaflet-Only Preservation in Mitral Valve Replacement
TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.41, no.2, pp.165-169, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 41 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.14503/thij-13-3164
- Journal Name: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.165-169
- Keywords: Chordae tendineae/surgery, heart valve prosthesis implantation, mitral valve/surgery, mitral valve insufficiency, mitral valve stenosis, papillary muscles/surgery, postoperative complications/prevention & control, retrospective studies, rheumatic heart disease, treatment outcome, ventricular function, left, CHORDAL PRESERVATION, SUBVALVULAR APPARATUS, REGURGITATION
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
In the present study of mitral valve replacement, we investigated whether complete preservation of both leaflets (that is, the subvalvular apparatus) is superior to preservation of the posterior leaflet alone.