3.4 Mitral Valve Repair

ABSTRACT
• DISEASES THAT AFFECT the mitral valve include mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, rheumatic heart disease, and cardiomyopathy.
• THE RESULTS OF DIAGNOSTIC procedures are used to identify and confirm mitral valve disease, evaluate the patient's anatomy, and determine the severity of the disease.
• AFTER THE PATIENT IS PREPARED for surgery, the surgeon performs an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram and the patient is placed on cardiopulmonary bypass.
• AREPAIR PROCEDURE (eg, annuloplasty, slidingplasty, chordal repair/transfer/replacement, valve replacement) is performed depending on the patient's specific anatomical abnormalities. AORN J 85 (January 2007) 152-166. © AORN, Inc, 2007.