1. The papillary muscle sling for ischemic mitral regurgitation
Ulrik Hvass, MD, Thomas Joudinaud, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 139, Issue 2, Pages (February 2010)
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2. Figure 1 Survival in “poor responders.”
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3. Figure 2
Preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) mitral valve, visualizing the change in mitral tenting (vertical height between the 2 lines) and coaptation point.
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4. Figure 3
Short-axis transgastric echocardiogram showing the position of the papillary muscles (arrows) before (A) and after (B) placement of the intraventricular sling encircling both papillary muscles.
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