A "designer" annuloplasty ring for patients with massive mitral annular dilatation.

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S J Shumway; V L Gott; B A Reitz (Profiled Author: Vincent Gott)

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD.
The Annals of thoracic surgery 1988;46(6):695-6.

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Abstract

We describe a new type of mitral annuloplasty ring designed for use in the massively dilated mitral annulus. The ring can be fabricated at the operating table from a 4-mm Gore-Tex graft and umbilical tape and can be adapted in size to fit a mitral annulus of any diameter.

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