Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve repair. Results of the sliding leaflet technique.

Abstract

This study was not done on a concomitant series of patients but on patients with the same type of pathology. It demonstrates that (1) the sliding leaflet technique eliminates significant LVOTO in the high-risk patients; (2) the sliding leaflet technique is associated with a low mortality; and (3) no reoperations for mitral insufficiency were required in this series.