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Simplified method for reoperation on the mitral valve

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Abstract

Reoperation on the mitral valve is becoming more common because of the degeneration of bioprosthetic valves, endocarditis, and malfunction or thrombosis of mechanical valves. We advocate a technique that transforms a technically difficult operation into one that is much less tedious, time-consuming, and dangerous than reopening a sternal-split operative site the second, third, or fourth time. Favorable experience in 11 patients using right anterolateral thoracotomy without aortic or right atrial cannulation and without aortic cross-clamping or cardioplegia is presented.

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