The role of mitral valve repair in heart failure.

نویسندگان

  • Fotios A Mitropoulos
  • Meletios A Kanakis
  • Stelios Rokkas
چکیده

We report a 71-year-old man with severe mitral valve regurgitation in end stage heart failure intractable to medical treatment. He underwent mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass grafting and tricuspid annuloplasty, and his postoperative course was uneventful with significant improvement of his symptoms. Mitral valve repair should be considered as a treatment modality in patients with cardiac failure and significant mitral valve regurgitation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese

دوره 47 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006