Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Valve Repair by Modified “Edge to Edge” Technique

The “edge to edge” or “double-orifice” technique is an alternative surgical option of mitral valve repair to treat mitral regurgitation. Echocardiography is very useful to evaluate the postoperative valve function, but since this technique is not frequently used, there is little experience about its echocardiographic features, which are different from those of the classic mitral valve repair. In this report, we present a patient who underwent this repair with a modified approach called “triple-orifice technique” and was evaluated by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.