Mitral valve repair offers superior long-term survival, freedom from cardiac morbidity,
and quality of life in patients with severe mitral regurgitation compared to medical
management and mitral valve replacement; it is the treatment of choice in these patients.
Mitral valve repair is the only treatment that restores normal life expectancy to
otherwise healthy patients with advanced degenerative mitral valve disease. This review
focuses on indications, timing and techniques for mitral valve repair in degenerative
disease, emphasising the importance of anatomy in surgical outcomes.
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Accepted:
February 7,
2009
Received:
December 11,
2008
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© 2009 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
