title: A modified approach: chordal transfer together with shortening.
abstract: We describe a simple method to repair anterior mitral leaflets with elongated chordae, using chordal shortening and transfer techniques on the same segment. With this method, optimal elongated chordae shortening is determined easily, and shortened chordae are supported by the transferred chordae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. adnanyalcinkaya@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cagli
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcinkaya
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lafci
authors.forename: Mahmut Mustafa
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ulas
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tasoglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome