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- Title
Abnormal mitral valve apparatus is not an indication for mitral valve replacement in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
- Authors
Varma, Praveen; Ahamed, Hisham; Varma, Praveen Kerala
- Abstract
The authors need to be congratulated for detecting the various abnormalities of the mitral valve apparatus by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography; however, we feel that the concomitant mitral valve replacement along with septal myectomy was probably unwarranted. Every effort should be made by surgeons to conserve the mitral valve, as mitral valve replacement may lead to severe left ventricular dysfunction postoperatively and convert the surgical procedure from a potentially curative one to a palliative surgery.
- Subjects
VENTRICULAR outflow obstruction; MITRAL valve; HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC hypertrophy; MITRAL valve insufficiency
- Publication
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2020, Vol 23, Issue 2, p246
- ISSN
0971-9784
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.4103/aca.ACA_160_18