Cutting secondary chordae and placing dual taut stitches between the anterior mitral fibrous annulus and the heads of each papillary muscle to treat ischemic mitral regurgitation without deteriorating left ventricular function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 226-227

  Komeda, Masashi ^a   Shimamoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

CHORDA TENDINEA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION; LETTER; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37549047548     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.071     Document Type: Letter

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