Does mitral valve repair using Carpentier's technique provide favorable long-term mortality and reoperation rates in patients with nonrheumatic mitral valve insufficiency?
Mitral valve repair using Carpentier's technique for nonrheumatic mitral valve insufficiency offers excellent long-term outcomes, including mortality comparable to the general population and low reoperation rates over 20 years.
Mitral valve repair using Carpentier's technique in patients with nonrheumatic MVI provides excellent long-term results with a mortality rate similar to that of the general population and a very low incidence of reoperation.
Braunberger et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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