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- Title
Drugačija reparacija mitralnoga zalistka u aktivnom endokarditisu i dugoročno praćenje pomoću transezofagealne ehokardiografi je.
- Authors
Arslan, Gokhan; Alp, Ibrahim; Ugur, Murat; Ucak, Alper; Turan Yilmaz, Ahmet
- Abstract
AIMS: Mitral valve treatment in valve endocarditis is currently a challenging issue. Repair is preferred to replacement but it often requires extensive debridement of vegetation and infected tissue as well as complex reconstruction in the active phase. METHODS: We report on a successful repair of the mitral valve, as described in the case of active endocarditis. RESULTS: Postoperative echocardiography demonstrated no regurgitation at the newly formed mitral valve. CONCLUSION: First preference is pericardial repair, a technically difficult procedure but with satisfactory results in mitral repair for active endocarditis. Reconstruction of the mitral commissure with this technique not only supports the opening of the commissural area but also helps regain the physiological motion of the mitral valve.
- Subjects
MITRAL valve; HEART disease research; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDIUM diseases; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH research
- Publication
Cardiologia Croatica, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 7/8, p306
- ISSN
1848-543X
- Publication type
Article