title: The mitral chordometer: a novel device for mitral valve repair.
abstract: We introduce a novel device to accurately gauge the length of the artificial chordae and, at the same time, allow a secure platform against which artificial chordae can be tied securely. The distal end of the device contains a concave apparatus that seats on the papillary muscle. A movable lateral member is adjusted to sit below the free edge of the adjacent normal leaflet to provide a template for tying the artificial chordae to the prolapsing posterior leaflet to the correct height.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kasra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaikhrezai
authors.forename: Edward T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Brackenbury
mesh_terms: D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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