The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 5 , Pages 1242-1249 , November 2005

A comparison of outcomes of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease with posterior, anterior, and bileaflet prolapse

Read at the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, April 10-13, 2005.

Received 2 April 2005 ,Revised 19 June 2005 ,Accepted 30 June 2005.

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    Freedom from reoperation in all patients.

    Freedom from reoperation in all patients.

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    Freedom from reoperation in patients with posterior (PL), anterior (AL), and bileaflet (BL) prolapse.

    Freedom from reoperation in patients with posterior (PL), anterior (AL), and bileaflet (BL) prolapse.

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    Freedom from recurrent moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in all patients.

    Freedom from recurrent moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in all patients.

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    Freedom from recurrent moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with posterior (PL), anterior (AL), and bileaflet (BL) prolapse.

    Freedom from recurrent moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with posterior (PL), anterior (AL), and bileaflet (BL) prolapse.

PII: S0022-5223(05)01187-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.046

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 5 , Pages 1242-1249 , November 2005