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

Preferred term

Mitral Valve Annuloplasty  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mitral Annuloplasty
  • Mitral Valve Annulus Repair

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In other languages

  • Annuloplastie mitrale

    French

  • Annuloplastie de la valve mitrale
  • Annuloplastie valvulaire mitrale
  • Réparation de la valve mitrale
  • Réparation mitrale
  • Réparation valvulaire mitrale

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L0DZ0BZ0-F

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