Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Annuloplasty With Realignment of Both Papillary Muscles for Correction of Type IIIb Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Conclusions: Our initial experience indicates that adding of this subannular maneuver to the standard annuloplasty and thereby fixing the distance between papillary muscles and mitral annular plane have a potential to improve results of surgical FMR treatment.
Source: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research