Randomized, prospective, single blind study comparing posterior versus complete chordal preservation during mitral valve replacement in rheumatics

• DOI: 10.1007/s12055-007-0047-0
• Publication Date: 2008-01-10T09:32:42Z
• Authors: Ashish Katewa; Susheel Kumar; Vivek Srivastava; Sayed Sajid; Sujit Jana; Jayant Khandekar; Nandkishore Babul...; Anil Madhav Patwa...
• Keywords: Mitral valve replacement; Regurgitant fraction

Introduction The early and late hemodynamic benefit of preserving the annulo-papillary continuity during mitral valve replacement has been demonstrated retrospectively. However few prospective studies have been done in this regard.