Unsatisfying mitral valve repair? The "Loop method": a lifebelt to grab

Intra-operative mitral valve repair failure is a common condition in patients with complex myxomatous disease requiring aortic re-clamping and application of a fast and easy surgical technique to correct the residual imperfection. Herein we describe a reproducible method of artificial chord reconstruction which preserves the previous accomplished acts and allows for accurate chordal length measurement basing on the annuloplasty as the reference level.

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Unsatisfying mitral valve repair? The "Loop method": a lifebelt to grab. Loardi C, Zanobini M. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Sep 26;16(1):269. doi: 10.1186/s13019-021-01649-x

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