Repair of degenerative mitral regurgitation: An update

Authors

  • David Richens Trent Cardiac Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
  • Anas Boulemden Trent Cardiac Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
  • Henry Skinner Trent Cardiac Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2019.4

Abstract

The recent development of catheter-based therapies for structural valve disease, such as mitral-TAVI, MitraClip and left atrial appendage occlusion devices, makes a review of surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease timely. In this personal perspective we discuss the evolution of mitral valve repair, the core principles involved and the evidence base behind it through the lens of a single UK-based surgical team operating for a quarter century, illustrating the techniques, outcomes and some of the pitfalls of intervention.

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Published

2019-04-14

Issue

Vol. 2019 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Review articles

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.