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Asai, Tohru. "The butterfly technique." Annals of cardiothoracic surgery vol. 4,4 (2015): 370-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.07.02
Asai T. The butterfly technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul;4(4):370-5. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.07.02. PMID: 26309848; PMCID: PMC4526496.
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Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul;4(4):370-5. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.07.02.

The butterfly technique.

Annals of cardiothoracic surgery

Tohru Asai

Affiliations

  1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.

PMID: 26309848 PMCID: PMC4526496 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.07.02

Abstract

Butterfly resection is a mitral valve repair technique for prolapsing posterior leaflets. The aim of butterfly resection is to optimize the geometry of the resultant new leaflet, with controlled height reduction for a prolapsing segment, without annular reduction. We have reported the concept of its design, its advantages in preventing post-repair systolic anterior motion (SAM), and excellent early and medium-term results. The present illustrated article describes the technical details of how we design and perform the butterfly technique.

Keywords: Mitral valve repair; butterfly resection; degenerative mitral regurgitation; mitral valve prolapse

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