Valve Repair: A Durable Surgical Option in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation

Affiliations

¹ From Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom (B.D.P.); and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy (M.D.B.). bernard.prendergast@gstt.nhs.uk.
² From Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom (B.D.P.); and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy (M.D.B.).

Editorial

Bernard D Prendergast et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 31;135(5):423-425.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026280.

¹ From Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom (B.D.P.); and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy (M.D.B.). bernard.prendergast@gstt.nhs.uk.
² From Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom (B.D.P.); and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy (M.D.B.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; mitral regurgitation; surgery, guidelines; valve repair.

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Twenty-Year Outcome After Mitral Repair Versus Replacement for Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Analysis of a Large, Prospective, Multicenter, International Registry.
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