Minimally Invasive Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair With or Without Artificial Chordae Xujun Chen, MD, PhD, Ryan S. Turley, MD, Nicholas D. Andersen, MD, Bhargavi S. Desai, BS, Donald D. Glower, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 1347-1353 (April 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.026 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Number of patients with residual mitral regurgitation grades immediately after pump (white bars) or at last echocardiographic follow-up (black bars) for patients with (A) artificial chords versus (B) no chords. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1347-1353DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.026) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Mean gradient across the mitral valve at last follow-up as a function of mitral ring size for all patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1347-1353DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.026) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Freedom from moderate or greater mitral regurgitation (MR) and (B) freedom from mitral valve reoperation for patients with artificial chords (CHORD) versus no chords (noCHORD). (NS = not significant.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1347-1353DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.026) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions