George V. Letsou, M.D., and
Forrest Rubenstein, M.D.
Dr. Letsou is Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston. Dr. Rubenstein is a cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, Toledo, OH.
Drs. Letsou and Rubenstein report no commercial conflict of interest.
Release Date: 02/25/2002
Termination Date: 02/25/2005
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, you should be able to:
- Discuss normal and abnormal mitral valve function
- Enumerate the differences between the primary types of mitral valve repair
- Describe the differences between types of annuloplasty rings.