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Does a no-resection technique using artificial chordae improve coaptation area and leaflet motion in patients with structural mitral valve pathology including Barlow's disease?
Does a no-resection technique using artificial chordae improve coaptation area and leaflet motion in patients with structural mitral valve pathology including Barlow's disease?
The no-resection technique using artificial chordae aims to preserve valve tissue and normal leaflet motion in mitral valve repair for Barlow's disease.
Describes tissue-preserving chordal repair for Barlow's mitral disease; leaves open comparative efficacy and durability versus resection.
Objectives: The resection technique for the repair of structural mitral valve pathology is common. However, new techniques recently performed follow the "Respect rather than Resect" approach. Our mitral valve repair technique aims at avoiding any resection of valve tissue in almost any pathology including complex cases of M. Barlow using artificial chordae as a universal solution. The idea is to achieve the highest possible coaptation area and preserve a normal leaflet motion to reach a repair for life.
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