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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty > Mitral Valve Annuloplasty

Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty > Mitral Valve Annuloplasty

Preferred term

Mitral Valve Annuloplasty

Topical Descriptor

Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty

Annuloplasties, Mitral
Annuloplasty, Mitral
Mitral Annuloplasties
Mitral Annuloplasty
Mitral Valve Annulus Repair

mitral ring annuloplasty (where "ring" refers to a prosthesis): coordinate MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY with HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION

A type of heart valve surgery that involves the repair, replacement, or reconstruction of the annulus of the MITRAL VALVE. It includes shortening the circumference of the annulus to improve valve closing capacity and reinforcing the annulus as a step in more complex valve repairs.

History note

2011

hiippaläpän anuloplastia

Finnish
mitraaliläpän anuloplastia
Mitralklaffplastik

Swedish
Annuloplastik av mitralklaffar
Mitral annuloplastik

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058386

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