Videoscopic Mitral Valve Repair with Chordal Replacement Demonstrating Dynamic Sizing and Adjustment of Chordal Lenth
S. Goldman, R. Rodriguez
CT Surgery, Lankenau Heart Institute, Wynnewood, PA
Sizing of ring or band using non-resection neo-chordal technique is different than classic resection methods. Neo-chord length determination can be problematic and multiple approaches have been described. The video demonstrates a simple and easily reproducible technique of both ring/band sizing and neo-chord adjustment under ventricular loading.
During the last five years the demonstrated method of ring/band sizing and adjustment of neo-chords has been used at our center with consistent results and without instances of mitral stenosis or SAM.
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