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Mitral Valve Repair

Chordal Replacement for Both Minimally Invasive and Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery Using Premeasured Gore-Tex Loops (pdf)

Part of the complexity of mitral valve chordal replacement with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) sutures is determining the correct replacement chordal length ...
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Modified Technique of Chordal Replacement for Mitral Valve Repair (pdf)

The appropriate length of the artificial chordae is crucial for the proper functioning of the mitral valve after chordal replacement. In the technique described here, the artificial chordae ...
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Midterm results of mitral valve repair with artificial chordae in children (pdf)

We have used artificial chordal replacement with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sutures for mitral valve repair in children and reported favorable early clinical results. In this article we evaluate ...
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Simplified Placement of Multiple Artificial Mitral Valve Chords (pdf)

The use of artificial chords for the replacement of diseased mitral valve chordae and the correction of anterior and posterior leaflet prolapse is well described, although it is infrequently applied ...
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Mitral Valve Repair for Anterior Leaflet Prolapse With Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Sutures (pdf)

This study was a long-term Doppler echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve repair for anterior mitral leaflet prolapse using ...
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Neo-chordae length adjustment in mitral valve repair (pdf)

Appropriate length adjustment of neo-chordae using PTFE sutures for mitral valve repair in degenerative valve disease has a crucial impact on both early and late outcomes of the ...
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Techniques for Ensuring the Correct Length of New Mitral Chords (pdf)

Repair of degenerative mitral insufficiency has extensively been shown to be superior to replacement. In the majority of cases ...
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"Adjustable" Artificial Chordal Replacement for Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse (pdf)

Achieving a stable repair of mitral valve prolapse can be difficult in complex pathologies, and a 5% to 20% late reoperation rate exists with leaflet ...
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