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Editorial
. 2019 Dec 18;1(4):508-511.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.002. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Mitral Valve Repair: When Routine Is Not Routine

Dimosthenis Pandis  1 , Eric Isselbacher  2
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Editorial

Mitral Valve Repair: When Routine Is Not Routine

Dimosthenis Pandis et al. JACC Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: anomalous left circumflex coronary; mitral repair; perioperative risk; surgical strategy.

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Figure 1
Carpentier’s Pathophysiologic Triad of Mitral Valve Disease See text for details.
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Figure 2
Graphical Illustration of the Anatomic Structures Adjacent to the Mitral Valve With Emphasis on the LCx (Insets) Red dashed line indicates retroaortic anomalous left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) from case vignette.
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  • doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.030

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