| Literature DB >> 15081477 |
Jagdish Butany1, Michael J Collins, Tirone E David.
Abstract
Synthetic sutures are used for mitral valve repair and as synthetic chordae tendinae to resuspend the mitral valve. The sutures soon get covered with connective tissue and work well for long periods. We report the first instance (in the literature) of rupture of a synthetic (PTFE) chordae tendinae. The synthetic suture (PTFE) was associated with calcification.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15081477 DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(04)00006-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cardiovasc Pathol ISSN: 1054-8807 Impact factor: 2.185