Chordae Replacement Versus Resection for Repair of Isolated Posterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: À Ègalité Joerg Seeburger, MD, Volkmar Falk, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Jurgen Passage, MBBS, FRACS, Thomas Walther, MD, PhD, Nicolas Doll, MD, PhD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 6, Pages 1715-1720 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.003 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier curve for survival after mitral valve repair of isolated posterior leaflet prolapse in 670 patients using either the leaflet resection technique or the loop technique. (CI = confidence interval; Pts = patients.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1715-1720DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.003) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curve for freedom from valve-related reoperation after mitral valve repair of isolated posterior leaflet prolapse in 670 patients according to type of repair technique used. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1715-1720DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.003) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions