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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Valve Regurgitation with Papillary Muscle Displacement and Posterior Leaflet Prolapse

  AUTHORS: Masaho Okada, Hirotaka Watanuki, Kayo Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Futamura, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

  KEYWORDS: Mitral Valve Repair, Systolic Anterior Motion, Papillary Muscle Displacement, Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction, Alfieri Stitch

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.7 No.3, August 10, 2017

  ABSTRACT: A case of abnormal chordae of the mitral valve (MV) associated with systolic anterior motion (SAM) is not commonly encountered in clinical practice. Here we report MV repair via the edge-to-edge technique in a 56-year-old male with MV regurgitation associated with papillary muscle displacement and posterior leaflet prolapse. Echocardiography revealed obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract caused by SAM because of papillary muscle displacement and mitral regurgitation associated with posterior leaflet prolapse due to chordae rupture. MV repair was successfully performed by reconstruction with an Alfieri stitch. The outcome of this case demonstrated that this surgical technique is preferable for MV abnormalities with no complex malformations.