title: Premeasured Chordal Loops for Mitral Valve Repair.
abstract: Premeasured expanded polytetrafluoroethylene chordal loops with integrated sutures for attachment to the papillary muscle and leaflet edges facilitate correction of mitral valve prolapse. Configured as a group of 3 loops (length range 12 to 24 mm), the loops are attached to a pledget that is passed through the papillary muscle and tied. Each of the loops has 2 sutures with attached needles; these needles are passed through the free edge of the leaflet and then the sutures are tied to each other, securing the chordal loop to the leaflet.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: gillinom@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gillinov
authors.affiliation: Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.
authors.forename: Reed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Heart Hospital of Austin, Austin, Texas.
authors.forename: Faraz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kerendi
authors.affiliation: California Pacific Medical Center, Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, El Camino Hospital, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaudiani
authors.affiliation: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shemin
authors.affiliation: Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barnhart
authors.affiliation: Faith Regional Health Services, Norfolk, Nebraska.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raines
authors.affiliation: Franciscan St. Francis Health Heart Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Marc W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Gerdisch
authors.affiliation: Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banbury
mesh_terms: D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene