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Illustration of the Basal Annuloplasty of the Cardia Externally device. The device is implanted around the base of the heart and filled with normal saline through the subcutaneous ports under echo guidance until the mitral regurgitation is improved (Image from Raman J et al., Can we repair the mitral valve from outside the heart? A novel extra-cardiac approach to functional mitral regurgitation. Heart, lung and circulation, 2011. 20 (3): p. 157-62. Used with permission)
