Comparison of the novel HVR Cardio double helix mitral annuloplasty system with the Carpentier-Edwards Physio annuloplasty ring: morphological and functional long-term outcome in a mitral valve insufficiency sheep model
Moritz A Konerding1 *, Jarmo Simpanen2, Leo Ihlberg2, Juha Aittomäki2, Kalervo Werkkala2, Vera Delventhal1 and Maximilian Ackermann1
1. Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099, Mainz, Germany.
2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.