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A surgical repair technique using the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve as a buttress successfully treated a type 1 left ventricular rupture during mitral valve repair.
A novel surgical technique using the posterior mitral leaflet as a buttress was successful in repairing a Type 1 left ventricular rupture.
Type 1 rupture of the left ventricle occurred during mitral valve repair. A repair operation, in which the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve was used as a buttress, was successful.
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Izzat et al. (1993) studied this question. A surgical repair technique using the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve as a buttress successfully treated a type 1 left ventricular rupture during mitral valve repair.
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