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Endoscopic mitral valve repair: Feasible, reproducible, and durable

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1 Endoscopic mitral valve repair: Feasible, reproducible, and durable
Filip P. Casselman, MD, PhD, FETCS, Sam Van Slycke, MD, Helge Dom, MD, Dave L. Lambrechts, MD, Yvette Vermeulen, MSc, Hugo Vanermen, MD, FETCS  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 125, Issue 2, Pages (February 2003) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Casselman and Vanermen (left to right)
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3 Fig. 1 Operative setup. All ports have been made. Note the central working port, the camera port, and the venting port; the shaft that will hold the left atrial retractor has also been introduced in the chest (see text for details). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 2 A flail P2 segment is resected endoscopically by using the sliding technique. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 3 Final repair result after a triangular resection in the A3 segment. The annuloplasty stitches are in place, but the ring is not yet in place. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 4 Freedom from mitral valve reoperation.
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7 Fig. 5 Postoperative survival.
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8 Fig. 6 Freedom from anticoagulation-related complications.
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