Surgical repair of chordae tendineae rupture after degenerative valvular regurgitation using standardized bovine pericardium.

Objective: To evaluate clinically and by Doppler Echocardiography 22 patients submitted to mitral valve repair after valvular regurgitation using standardized bovine pericardium chordae.

Methods: The patients had degenerative mitral regurgitation. Fourteen (63.