naa a22 4500 510727581 CHVBK 20180411082941.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-012-0099-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-012-0099-y Posterior leaflet extension with a patch of bovine pericardium for type IIIb mitral regurgitation [Elektronische Daten] [Kouji Furukawa, Takahiro Hayase, Mitsuhiro Yano] A 36-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of heart failure, and severe mitral regurgitation due to restriction of the posterior mitral leaflet was detected by an echocardiogram. We performed posterior leaflet extension with a patch of bovine pericardium. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 23. Posterior leaflet extension is useful for mitral regurgitation due to posterior leaflet restriction. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2012 Posterior leaflet extension nationallicence Type IIIb mitral regurgitation nationallicence Bovine pericardium nationallicence Furukawa Kouji Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut Hayase Takahiro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut Yano Mitsuhiro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/1(2013-01-01), 43-45 1863-6705 61:1<43 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0099-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0099-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Furukawa Kouji Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hayase Takahiro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yano Mitsuhiro Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, 738-1 Funato, Shinbeppu-cho, 880-0834, Miyazaki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/1(2013-01-01), 43-45 1863-6705 61:1<43 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer