Various atrial retractors have been developed to achieve optimal exposure of mitral valve in minimally invasive surgery. We introduce our technique of only using retraction sutures to expose mitral valve. This method is simple, efficient, and provides good exposure of the left atrium without causing traumatic injury.
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