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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:506-507
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Technique Report

A workbench to make artificial chordal loops for mitral valve repair

^a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
^b Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan

Received for publication January 3, 2008; accepted for publication January 12, 2008.

^_* Address for reprints: Toshihiko Shibata, MD, The Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-1-13, Miyakojima-hondori, Miyakojima, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan. (Email: shibata@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp).

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	Introduction

 
Mitral valve repair using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE; Gore-Tex, W.L. Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) chorda is a reliable method. To determine the appropriate length of artificial chorda, some experimenting is required; thus many methods to determine the right length have been advocated. Von Oppell and Mohr demonstrated a technique using a ruler to make ePTFE loops of premeasured length.¹ Here, we describe a novel loop maker for artificial chordal reconstruction.

	Technique

 
We developed a workbench to make artificial chordal loop for mitral valve repair (03-5425; Geister, Tuttlingen, Germany). This device consists of a metal plate with 6 small, diagonally positioned rods and 2 pledget . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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