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How I Assess and Repair the Barlow Mitral Valve

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From a practical point of view, there are two groups of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. The largest group presents with localized mural leaflet prolapse, usually as a result of a ruptured chord, localized to the postero-inferior portion of that leaflet (Fig. 9.1).

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

    Francis C. Wells

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  1. Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

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  2. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beaumont Road 208, Birmingham, B30 1NX, United Kingdom

    Domenico Pagano

  3. Klinik für Herz-, Thorax-,, Transplantations- und Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30625, Germany

    Axel Haverich

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Wells, F.C. (2010). How I Assess and Repair the Barlow Mitral Valve. In: Bonser, R., Pagano, D., Haverich, A. (eds) Mitral Valve Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-426-5_9

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