Feasibility of anterior mitral leaflet flail repair with transapical beating-heart neochord implantation

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Nov;7(11):1320-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.03.016. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Authors

Andrea Colli¹, Erica Manzan², Fabio Zucchetta², Cristiano Sarais², Demetrio Pittarello³, Gino Gerosa²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: colli.andrea.bcn@gmail.com.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
³ Institute of Anesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

PMID: 25326735
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.03.016

No abstract available

Keywords: mitral valve regurgitation; mitral valve repair; neochord; transapical.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Chordae Tendineae / physiopathology
Chordae Tendineae / surgery*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / physiopathology
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Treatment Outcome