Echo in Context: Surgical Technique

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	Diagrammatic representation of a quadalateral resection P2 is entirely removed and the edges of P1 and P3 are sutured together. A ring is then inserted. Adapted from the surgical literature. It is important to determine prolaps of all the scallops of the mitral leaflet. Author unknown.
	Chordal shortening is shown A trench is made in the papillary head and suture material is looped around the chordae. The chordae are then pulled into the trench and the trench closed. Author unknown.
	Papillary reimplantation is shown In this approach, the ruptured papillary is sutured to its partner. Author unknown.

Mitral Valve Repair Techniques
Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
The Cleveland Clinic

This is Dr. Cosgrove’s classic demonstration and narration of the principles of mitral valve repair. This recording is a real classic in the annals of audiovisual demonstrations of mitral valve repair. Video with narration presented as part of Echo in Context 4: Cardiac Ultrasound from Workup to Follow-up: Managing the Cardiac Surgical Patient.

Mitral Valve repair of Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation
Surgery by Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
The Cleveland Clinic
With Narration by Linda M. Humphries, MD, Johns Hopkins and
Ross M. Ungerleider, MD Duke University

This demonstrates the techniques used in some forms of repair of a Type III mitral regurgitant lesion (restricted leaflets). Video with narration presented as part of Echo in Context 4: Cardiac Ultrasound from Workup to Follow-up: Managing the Cardiac Surgical Patient.

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