RT Book, Section
A1 Sleilaty, Ghassan
A1 El Rassi, Issam
A1 Jebara, Victor
A2 Mathew, Joseph P.
A2 Swaminathan, Madhav
A2 Ayoub, Chakib M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6916695
T1 Chapter 8. Mitral Valve Repair
T2 Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163476-2
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6916695
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  superiority  of  mitral  valve  repair  over  replacement  in  patients  with  mitral  valve  disease  is  now  widely  accepted.  This  is  mainly  due  to  better  preservation  of  left  ventricular  (LV)  function,  greater  regression  of  left  heart  dimensions,  resistance  to  endocarditis,  avoidance  of  long-term  anticoagulation  (mechanical  valves)  or  reoperation  (bio-prosthetic  valves),  fewer  valve-related  complications  (mechanical  and  bioprosthesis),  and  improved  survival.1–4