Excluding annuloplasty, additional procedures to re-store leaflet coaptation were needed in 33 patients
(Table 3), in the remaining 88 patients (73%) the E-to-E
repair alone was sufficient to correct MR even when it
was due to multiple or complex lesions. On the other
hand an annuloplasty was associated in almost all the
patients (113 patients, 93%), it was not done in case of
small mitral annulus (6 patients) or in case of rheumatic
disease with restricted leaflet motion (2 patients)