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Simple Suture Mitral Annuloplasty with Left Ventriculotomy

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Day General Hospital, Tehran, Iran

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Surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation, especially when compounded by ventricular aneurysm, remains a challenge. Several procedures have been developed to repair the mitral valve and reduce regurgitation. We describe a technique of intraventricular annuloplasty which is much less time-consuming than mitral valve repair through a left atriotomy. This procedure is considered technically easy and useful.