Midterm Results of Mitral Valve Repair: Closed Versus Open Annuloplasty Ring Dan Spiegelstein, MD, Yaron Moshkovitz, MD, Leonid Sternik, MD, Micha S. Fienberg, MD, Alexander Kogan, MD, Ateret Malachy, MA, Ehud Raanani, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 489-495 (August 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.070 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow chart shows the cohort of 273 patients in this study. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 489-495DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.070) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier analysis shows freedom from mitral valve reoperation in the open annuloplasty (dashed line) and closed annuloplasty (solid line) patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 489-495DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.070) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Coaptation length analysis is shown (left) preoperatively and (right) postoperatively for the (top) open annuloplasty and (bottom) closed annuloplasty groups. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 489-495DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.070) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions