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Mitral Valve Repair

CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

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.