[HSF] Redo Radical Mitral Valvuloplasty

[prasannasimha]

Well Hal,
I went and did some homework.
The angle is narrow if it is less than 120 Deg. So it gives an objective 
number to your eyeballing.
First described in
Mihaileanu S, Marino JP, Chauvaud S, Perier P, Forman J,Vissoat J, et al.
Left ventricular outflow obstruction after mitral valve repair 
(Carpentier’s technique): proposed mechanisms of disease.
Circulation 1988;78:78-84.
I got one color figure from a Japanese article which looks fantastic 
(some resarch on a pulse duplicator but which I cannot understand 
anything off !!)
Prasanna
Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> Prasanna,
>   Not off hand. It's similar to what some U.S. judge said when  what should 
> be considered obscene.  "I know it when I see it."  A  narrow mitral-aortic 
> angle leaves little room in the LVOT to accommodate the  anterior leaflet.
>  
> Hal
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