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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1377-1378
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to do it

Artificial mitral valve chordae replacement made simple

David H. Adams, MDa, Alexander Kadner, MDa, Raymond H. Chen, MD, PhDa

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Accepted for publication June 6, 2000.

Address reprint request to Dr Adams, Division of Cardiac Surgery, 75 Francis St, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
e-mail: dadams{at}partners.org

Mitral valve repair techniques are now widely applied in patients with myxomatous valve disease. The use of artificial chords to achieve correct height adjustment of the prolapsing anterior leaflet segment can often be challenging. We describe a simple method of artificial chord reconstruction performed after annuloplasty, which allows for easy identification of functional prolapse and accurate chordal height adjustment.


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