Introduction: Transapical mitral valve repair (TAMVR) is a novel surgical technique where the surgeon
performs mitral valve repair with artificial chords from a transapical surgical approach.
This technique may be a minimal invasive alternative approach in patients with mitral
valve prolapse. Since this technique is solely echocardiography guided aim of this
report is to describe usefulness for real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal
echocardiography (RT-3DTOE) in guiding this procedure.
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