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Mitral valve is a dual flap valve in the heart and between the left ventricle and the left atrium. Inside the heart structure, the mitral valve and the tricuspid valve are lie between the atria and the ventricles and control the flow.
In the time when somebody’s heart becomes narrowing or leakage, then mitral valve surgery or open heart procedure must be performed. Mitral valve surgery procedure or known as mitral valve repair, is necessary when the valve not open and close completely, so it causing the heart did not pumps the blood enough and other mitral valve problem that caused by congenital condition that cause the heart valve mechanism becoming fails. Beside those common problems, bacterial endocarditic or infection and ischemic heart disease could damage the mitral valve too. Heart problem with the last factor must be repaired and then the disease valve must be removed and implant an artificial valve as a mitral valve replacement.
Cardiothoracic surgeon and cardiologist must be prepared with the best decision on high risk mitral valve surgery. The last thing, you can visit University of Maryland Medical Center for mitral valve medical reference, because they had lot of health library. And if you want to know about the importance of the web, you can see the video about what makes UMMC special.