Abstract:Recently, the outcome for patients with mitral valve disease has significantly improved. This may be due to concomitant advances in many fields. In particular, the development of surgical techniques has contributed to this improvement, and many surgical techniques and topics are introduced in this article. After the evaluation of results in mitral valve surgery and exploration of the relationship between the mitral valve and the mitral subvalvular apparatus, it is currently accepted that mitral valve repair is… Show more
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