Accessory Mitral Valve Tissue Causing Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction (Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Surgical Approach)
Ascuitto R, Ross-Ascuitto N, Kopf G, Kleinman C, Talner N. Accessory Mitral Valve Tissue Causing Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction (Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Surgical Approach). The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1986, 42: 581-584. PMID: 3778009, DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)60590-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAccessory mitral valve tissueVentricular outflow tract obstructionVentricular outflow obstructionOutflow tract obstructionTwo-dimensional echocardiographyMitral valve tissueNative mitral valveDoppler flow analysisTract obstructionOutflow obstructionPreoperative evaluationRare causeMitral valveIntraoperative techniquesValve tissueAccessory tissuesObstructionTissueEchocardiographySurgeryFate of Left-Sided Cardiac Bioprosthesis Valves in Children
Kopf G, Geha A, Hellenbrand W, Kleinman C. Fate of Left-Sided Cardiac Bioprosthesis Valves in Children. JAMA Surgery 1986, 121: 488-490. PMID: 3954594, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1986.01400040126021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency valve replacementBioprosthetic valvesValve replacementMitral positionBioprosthetic valve failureMassive mitral regurgitationHigh operative mortalityPediatric age groupElective valve replacementYears of agePorcine bioprosthetic valvesLoss of mobilityLeaflet immobilityHospital mortalityOperative mortalityEmergency surgeryHemodynamic deteriorationMitral stenosisSevere calcificationMitral regurgitationBiologic valvesSevere stenosisThromboembolic phenomenaAortic positionMitral valve