Clinical Trial: Durability at 20 Years of Quadrangular Resection With Annular Plication for Mitral Regurgitation
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Mitral Valve Disease
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Durability at 20 Years of Quadrangular Resection With Annular Plication for Mitral Regurgitation
Brief Summary:
Degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) due to prolapse of the posterior leaflet is the most common dysfunction of the mitral valve (MV) in the Western world and is nowadays treated with a variety of surgical techniques. Quadrangular resection combined with annular plication and annuloplasty, as originally described by Carpentier, has been the standard approach for many years, before sliding/folding plasty and artificial chordae gained larger popularity.However, very few studies have been published on thevery…
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