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SUBMITTER: Witschey WR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4492839 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Witschey Walter Rt WR Zhang Donald D Contijoch Francisco F McGarvey Jeremy R JR Lee Madonna M Takebayashi Satoshi S Aoki Chikashi C Han Yuchi Y Han Joyce J Barker Alex J AJ Pilla James J JJ Gorman Robert C RC Gorman Joseph H JH
The Annals of thoracic surgery 20150512 1
<h4>Background</h4>Mitral valve (MV) repair using annuloplasty rings is the preferred method of treatment for MV regurgitation, but the impact of annuloplasty ring placement on left ventricular intraventricular flow has not been studied.<h4>Methods</h4>Annuloplasty rings of varying sizes were placed in 5 healthy sheep (intercommissural ring sizes were 24, 26, 28, 30, and 32 mm), and three-dimensional phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow MRI) was performed before and 1 week after ri ...[more]