title: Extensive use of artificial chordae for repairing diffuse mitral valve prolapse.
abstract: A diffuse mitral valve prolapse was successfully repaired in 2 patients using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures as artificial chordae. In a 16-year-old boy with Marfan's syndrome and in a 56-year-old woman, a total of 11 and ten pairs of polytetrafluoroethylene sutures were used, respectively, to repair a severe mitral valve prolapse. We consider mitral valve repair using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures to be the treatment of choice for a diffuse prolapse of the mitral valve involving both the anterior and posterior leaflets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harasawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene