Abstract

Surgery of mitral valve is performed as closed or open mitral commissurotomy, mitral valve repair surgery and mitral valve replacement. The purpose of mitral valve surgery is to relieve the symptoms unresponsive to medical therapy, to improve the quality of life, and to prevent or minimalize the possible complications of valvular diseases. The question of when and in which course of the disease decision of surgery must be made is very important.

In this paper, surgical timing and surgical indications of acquired mitral valve disease is reviewed.