title: Technique for chordae replacement in mitral valve repair.
abstract: We describe a simple technique for implantation of neochordae in degenerative mitral regurgitation with elongated or ruptured chords. We have successfully performed 102 mitral valve repairs using this technique and achieved mitral valve competency with no more than trace regurgitation. The technique is easy to perform and reproducible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. p.punjabi@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Prakash P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Punjabi
authors.forename: K M John
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013536:Suture Techniques