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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:878-880
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Extensive Use of Artificial Chordae for Repairing Diffuse Mitral Valve Prolapse

Shigeki Morita, MD, Hisataka Yasui, MD, Yasuhiko Harasawa, MD, Yukihiro Tomita, MD, Ryuji Tominaga, MD

Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Accepted for publication March 29, 1996.

A diffuse mitral valve prolapse was successfully repaired in 2 patients using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures as artificial chordae. In a 16-year-old boy with Marfan's syndrome and in a 56-year-old woman, a total of 11 and ten pairs of polytetrafluoroethylene sutures were used, respectively, to repair a severe mitral valve prolapse. We consider mitral valve repair using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures to be the treatment of choice for a diffuse prolapse of the mitral valve involving both the anterior and posterior leaflets.




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