Mitral valve reconstruction in patients with congestive cardiomyopathy and severe secondary mitral regurgitation--a new management strategy or a bridge to heart transplantation?--Preliminary report

Acta Cardiol. 2004 Apr;59(2):232-4.

Authors

Jerzy Sadowski¹, Karol Wierzbicki, Rafat Drwita, Sławomir Wójcik, Piotr Przybyłowski, Bogusław Kapelak, Dorota Sobczyk, Jacek Piatek, Krzysztof Wróbel, Grzegorz Filip

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Kraków, Poland.

PMID: 15139693

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Treatment Outcome