The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 55(3): 211-212DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924702 Letter to the Editor © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkComment on “Fracture of Colvin-Galloway Future Band in a Patient with Mitral Valve Annuloplasty” by Bauer et al., Thorac Cardiov Surg 2006; 54: 352 - 353M. Hartrumpf1 , U. A. Stock1 , J. M. Albes1 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau bei Berlin, Germany Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Key words heart valve surgery - mitral valve - annuloplasty - reoperation Full Text References References 1 Hartrumpf M, Stock U A, Kuehnel R U, Albes J M. Fracture of Colvin-Galloway Future band causing a tear in the anterior mitral leaflet. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006; 81 1879-1880 2 Fasol R, Meinhart J, Deutsch M, Binder T. Mitral valve repair with the Colvin-Galloway Future Band. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004; 77 1985-1988 3 Galinanes M, Duarte J, de Caleya D F, Garcia-Dorado D, Fdez-Aviles F, Elbal L M. Fracture of the Carpentier-Edwards ring in tricuspid position: a report of three cases. Ann Thorac Surg. 1986; 42 74-76 4 de Caleya D, Sarnago F, Galinanes M, Duarte J. Fracture of Carpentier's ring in a patient with tricuspid annuloplasty. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1983; 31 175-176 5 Kay H R, Hammond G L. Fracture of a prosthetic tricuspid annular ring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1982; 83 635 MD Martin Hartrumpf Department of Cardiovascular SurgeryHeart Center Brandenburg Ladeburger Straße 17 16321 Bernau bei Berlin Germany Phone: + 49 33 38 69 45 10 Fax: + 49 33 38 69 45 44 Email: m.hartrumpf@immanuel.de
