Feasibility of mitral valve repair using the loop technique.

Purpose: The most difficult aspect of chordal replacement in a mitral valve repair using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) sutures, is determining the appropriate length of artificial chorda and ligation of the ePTFE sutures without the knot sliding.

Patients And Methods: We adopted a loop technique reported by Mohr et al. in 12 consecutive cases from October 2005.