| pubmed-article:17382642 | pubmed:abstractText | The chordal cutting method is performed for mitral valve tenting in functional mitral regurgitation, such as ischemic mitral regurgitation. However, the method may interfere with the mitral valvular-ventricular continuity. To maintain the continuity and the natural force direction between the papillary muscles and the mitral annulus after chordal cutting, we developed "translocation" of the secondary chordae tendineae. | lld:pubmed |
