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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
There has been skepticism since the early days of open heart surgery that good long-term or even short-term results were possible with repair of pure mitral insufficiency. The authors report 145 patients in whom a markedly insufficient mitral valve was repaired 6 months to 17 years previously and another 55 patients in whom repair of the insufficient mitral valve was performed along with myocardial revascularization from 6 months to 7 years previously. Comparative data with other published work reveals superior results with repair than with replacement with Starr-Edwards and Hancock glutaraldehyde-treated porcine valves and with far less emboli. Conservatism is urged in operating upon patients with mitral insufficiency. Repair of the valve rather than replacement is stressed for those patients requiring surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-2-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitral valve repair for significant mitral insufficiency.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article