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Background: Measuring the chordae tendineae for mitral valve
reconstruction is feasible with various techniques. However, the effect of
different strategies on the durability of plastics at follow-up is unknown. The
study aims to compare a conventional surgical technique for measuring artificial
chordae length with our new approach, defined “track technique”.
Methods: We compared the results of patients with anterior leaflet
prolapse/flail who underwent mitral valve reconstruction by implanting artificial
chordae from January 2020 to January 2022; 22 patients were operated on with a
conventional technique, and 25 with our new alternative, “track technique”.
Clinical and transesophageal echocardiography data were collected postoperatively
and at 2 years of follow-up. The primary outcome was freedom from mitral
regurgitation. Secondary outcomes were presentation with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class