Papillary heads “optimization” in repairing functional mitral regurgitation

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, Nagoya, Japan. Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication April 13, 2012; revisions received May 21, 2012; accepted for publication June 15, 2012; available ahead of print Aug 10, 2012. Address for reprints: Masashi Komeda, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya Heart Center, 1-1-14 Sunadabashi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya 461-0045, Japan (E-mail: komeda@heart-center.or.jp). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;144:1262-4 0022-5223/$36.00 Copyright 2012 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.06.038