Special Mitral Valve Issue.
Special Mitral Valve Issue.
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特殊二尖瓣问题。
DOI:
10.1007/s13239-015-0222-1
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Kunzelman,KarynS
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作者:
Kunzelman,KarynS
Beginning with Da Vinci, the structure and function of the mitral valve have been of great interest to anatomists, physicians, surgeons, scientists, and engineers. Yet, a complete understanding of the complex mechanical function of the normal mitral valve, as well as the biological behavior of the native valve tissue in both health and disease remains elusive. However, much progress has been made, particularly in recent years. This special issue of CVET presents some of the latest scientific studies that address normal function, changes due to disease or disruption, and surgical approaches for repair and replacement. Initially, the surgical approach to address mitral valve disease was ‘‘simple’’valve replacement beginning in the early 1960s, in which the native valve structures were removed, and a prosthetic valve sewn in. The first commercially available valves were ball and cage designs, tilting disk, and bi-leaflet valves, none of which are anatomically similar to the native mitral structure. Even though design improvements led to superior hemodynamics, it was shown that simply replacing the open/close function of the leaflets, without preservation of the subvalvular apparatus, led to suboptimal results.Dr. Carpentier changed the surgical landscape in 1983 with his publication of the landmark article ‘‘the French Correction’’. He presented new surgical repair techniques, with the goal of returning the valve to a normal anatomical, and thus functional, state without the need for replacement. During the eighties, continuing work by Carpentier, Duran, Frater, and David convincingly demonstrated the superiority of mitral valve repair. Now, practicing surgeons can perform mitral repair in more than 90% of cases in many centers.