Measured tube technique for ensuring the correct length of slippery artificial chordae in mitral valvuloplasty |
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| Authors: | Matsui Yoshiro Kubota Suguru Sugiki Hiroshi Wakasa Satoshi Ooka Tomonori Tachibana Tsuyoshi Sasaki Shigeyuki |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan;bDivision of Medical Science, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Mitral valvuloplasty using Gore-Tex (W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Flagstaff, AZ) as artificial chordae is often associated with difficulties in determining the length of the artificial chordae, as well as preventing knot slippage, especially for patients with broad anterior leaflet prolapse. We describe a simple technique that enables surgeons to easily determine the correct length of the artificial chordae and tie slippery knots without using a specific device. |
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| Keywords: | CTSNet classification: 35 |
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