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Video of the Week: Mitral Valve Annuloplasty

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Submitted by

Joel Dunning

Source

Source Name: Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://mmcts.org/tutorial/821

Author(s)

Benedetto Del Forno, Alessandro Castiglioni, Alessandra Sala, Alberto Geretto, Andrea Giacomini, Paolo Denti, Michele De Bonis, Ottavio Alfieri

The authors present a step-by-step description of mitral valve annuloplasty ring implantation that takes into account not only the surgical technique, including positioning of annular stitches and correct sizing, but also mitral annulus anatomy and its close relationship with surrounding structures.