title: Early rupture of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene neochord after complex mitral valve repair: an electron microscopic analysis.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6500, USA.
authors: Javier G
authors: JG
authors: Castillo
authors: Anelechi C
authors: AC
authors: Anyanwu
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: El-Eshmawi
authors: Ronald E
authors: RE
authors: Gordon
authors: David H
authors: DH
authors: Adams
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012008:Recurrence; D012421:Rupture; D056346:Sternotomy
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene