Mimicking natural mitral adaptation to ischaemic regurgitation: a proposed change in the surgical paradigm

A.M. Calafiore*, A. Totaro, D. Paparella, M. Gaudino, S. Prapas, S.L. Mick, M. Di Mauro

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-39
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • anterior leaflet
  • anterior leaflet augmentation
  • chordal cutting
  • compensatory mechanism
  • contributes
  • disease
  • enlargement
  • ischaemic mitral regurgitation
  • losartan
  • mesenchymal transformation
  • surgical mitral plasticity
  • transition
  • LOSARTAN
  • Ischaemic mitral regurgitation
  • Surgical mitral plasticity
  • ENLARGEMENT
  • MESENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION
  • TRANSITION
  • Anterior leaflet augmentation
  • ANTERIOR LEAFLET
  • DISEASE
  • CONTRIBUTES
  • Chordal cutting
  • COMPENSATORY MECHANISM

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