Why the study?
Does careful repair of mitral valve clefts and septal defects preserve or improve mitral valve function in patients with endocardial cushion defects?
Does careful repair of mitral valve clefts and septal defects preserve or improve mitral valve function in patients with endocardial cushion defects?
Indiscriminate suturing of mitral valve clefts in endocardial cushion defects can cause harm, highlighting the need for careful repair principles to preserve mitral valve function.
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Indiscriminate mitral cleft suturing risks harm in endocardial cushion defects; case reports leave optimal repair principles open for prospective study.
Robert W.M. Frater (1965) studied this question.
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