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Mitral valve repair: Quiz
  

Question 1: ________ of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed the world’s first successful heart valve surgery - a mitral valve repair.
ParisElliott CutlerEuropeLondon

Question 2: For decades after, ________ was the only surgical option for patients with a severely diseased mitral valve.
Cardiac surgeryMitral valve replacementSurgeryICD-9-CM Volume 3

Question 3: Procedures on the mitral valve usually require a median sternotomy, but advances in non-invasive methods (such as ________) allow surgery without a sternotomy (and resulting pain and scar).
Laparoscopic surgeryEndoscopyCholecystectomyPeritonitis

Question 4: Mitral valve repair is a ________ procedure performed by cardiac surgeons to treat stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leakage) of the mitral valve.
Cardiopulmonary bypassArtificial pacemakerCoronary artery bypass surgeryCardiac surgery

Question 5: More recently the ________ stitch (or "bow-tie") has been adapted to allow percutaneous repair in select patients.
Vittorio AlfieriFranceItalyParis

Question 6: Mitral regurgitation may also occur as a result of ________ (coronary artery disease).
Myocardial infarctionHeart failureAcute coronary syndromeIschaemic heart disease

Question 7: ________ flows from the lungs, where it picks up oxygen, through the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium of the heart.
BloodRed blood cellPlateletBlood plasma

Question 8: More often the mitral valve becomes abnormal with age (degenerative) or as a result of ________.
Tuberculous pericarditisSubacute bacterial endocarditisMyocarditisRheumatic fever

Question 9: The mitral valve is the "inflow valve" for the left side of the ________.
HeartCirculatory systemLymphatic systemTorso
















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