Contemporary long-term outcomes of an aggressive approach to mitral valve repair in children: is it effective and durable for both congenital and acquired mitral valve lesions?

Yakub MA 1 , Krishna Moorthy PS 2 , Sivalingam S 1 , Dillon J 1 , Kong PK 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia paneer@ijn.com.my
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 2016 Feb;49(2):553-60; discussion 560.
PMID: 25762392 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv099

Abstract

We analysed the long-term outcomes of mitral valve (MV) repair in children and compared the repairs for both congenital and acquired lesions.

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