Mitral Valve Repair in Children
Mitral Valve Repair in Children
Mitral Valve Repair in Children
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<strong>Mitral</strong> <strong>Valve</strong> <strong>Repair</strong> <strong>in</strong> Childhood<br />
1. <strong>Mitral</strong> <strong>Repair</strong> is the preferred technique for any k<strong>in</strong>d of mitral<br />
disease <strong>in</strong> childhood<br />
2. This avoids the difficulty of valve replacement e <strong>in</strong> particular a <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>fants and small children <strong>in</strong> the face of complete lack of a<br />
prosthesis suitable for this age group<br />
3. Even when the primary repair result is not optimal, time can<br />
be ga<strong>in</strong>ed for later-on repeated repair until a def<strong>in</strong>ite adult<br />
size prosthesis can be implanted<br />
4. <strong>Repair</strong> allows for valve growth, no need of anticoagulation<br />
and has very little thrombotic risk<br />
DHZB-cw/ 2009
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