Chordal rupture. II: comparison between repair and replacement.

Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. Analysis and examples

1977 • 8,468 citations

Reconstructive surgery of mitral valve incompetence: ten-year appraisal.

1980 • 584 citations

Reconstructive surgery of mitral valve incompetence

1980 • 522 citations

Repair of mitral insufficiency due to ruptured chordae tendineae

1960 • 240 citations

The surgical treatment of stenotic or regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves by direct vision utilizing a pump-oxygenator

1958 • 208 citations

Acute Severe Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1966 • 163 citations

Long-term evaluation of the porcine xenograft bioprosthesis

1979 • 161 citations

The Björk-Shiley valve

1981 • 150 citations

Long-term experience with porcine aortic valve xenografts

1977 • 138 citations

Surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation caused by floppy valves: repair versus replacement.

1981 • 138 citations

Year of operation as a risk factor in the late results of valve replacement

1980 • 116 citations

Valve Replacement without Preoperative Cardiac Catheterization

1981 • 104 citations

Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1967 • 98 citations

The syndrome of mitral insufficiency due to isolated rupture of the chordae tendineae

1967 • 82 citations

The Open Correction of Rheumatic Mitral Regurgitation and/or Stenosis

1959 • 78 citations

Severe Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1965 • 78 citations

The Repair of Mitral Insufficiency Associated with Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1963 • 78 citations

ACUTE SUBVALVAR MITRAL INCOMPETENCE

1966 • 75 citations

Mitral valve repair for significant mitral insufficiency

1978 • 74 citations

The mitral plication suture

1977 • 72 citations

Mitral regurgitation with rupture of normal chordae tendineae.

1966 • 66 citations

The clinical diagnosis of acute severe mitral insufficiency

1971 • 60 citations

The Clinical Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Ruptured Mitral Chordae Tendineae

1964 • 59 citations

Results of mitral valvuloplasty with a suture plication technique

1980 • 54 citations

Surgical treatment of degenerative mitral regurgitation

1976 • 49 citations

Mitral Insufficiency Resulting from Rupture of Normal Chordae Tendineae

1962 • 46 citations

SURGICAL CORRECTION OF RUPTURED CHORDAE TENDINEAE

1964 • 42 citations

Results of reconstructive operations for mitral insufficiency due to ruptured chordae tendineae.

1966 • 40 citations

Surgical treatment of mitral insufficiency secondary to coronary artery disease

1980 • 37 citations

The Surgical Treatment of Mitral Insufficiency Associated with Torn Chordae Tendineae

1965 • 35 citations

Repair of Mitral Incompetence Secondary to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1971 • 33 citations

SURGICAL CORRECTION OF MITRAL INCOMPETENCE RESULTING FROM BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

1963 • 33 citations

Reasons for Cardiac Catheterization before Cardiac-Valve Replacement

1982 • 31 citations

Nonrheumatic Mitral Insufficiency

1969 • 27 citations

Surgical Correction of Mitral Insufficiency Due to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae

1968 • 21 citations

Surgical Correction of Mitral Insufficiency Under Direct Vision

1958 • 20 citations

Simplified intraoperative technique to test mitral valve repair

1980 • 19 citations

Assessment of prognostic factors in patients undergoing surgery for non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation.

1980 • 16 citations

Mechanical Hemolytic Anemia After Repair of Ruptured Chordae Tendineae of Mitral Valve Apparatus

1979 • 15 citations

The surgical treatment of mitral insufficiency by mitral annuloplasty.

1958 • 14 citations

No cardiac catheterization before cardiac valve replacement—a mistake

1982 • 13 citations

Mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae correction by “mitral purse-string”

1957 • 13 citations

A reappraisal of nonprosthetic reconstructive surgery for mitral regurgitation based on an analysis of early and late results

1966 • 13 citations

Valve repair versus replacement in the surgical management of ruptured chordae. A post-operative echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve function.

1982 • 11 citations

Valvoplasty for abnormalities of posterior (mural) cusp of the mitral valve

1968 • 10 citations

Indications for cardiac catheterization and coronary arteriography in the adult.

1980 • 9 citations

Long-term follow-up of patients who underwent single valve replacement with Björk-Shiley prosthesis.

1980 • 8 citations

Non-rheumatic `subvalvar' mitral regurgitation: Surgical pathology and results of operation in 37 patients

1973 • 3 citations