In contrast to patients with chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation, those with mitral regurgitation secondary to ruptured chordae tendineae seldom live longer than a year, 3 although there have ...

AN extensive experience with patients having mitral valvular incompetence from ruptured chordae tendineae is reported by Sanders and his coauthors in this issue of the Journal. The important ...

The chordae tendineae (CT), often referred to as the “heart strings,” are thin, tendinous structures that connect the heart valves to the papillary muscles, ensuring proper valve function. When these ...

Building on these developments, a team of researchers in Korea has now introduced an innovative approach that combines the functionality of a pH sensor with a standard medical suture. This integration ...

A research team led by Professor Jaehong Lee of the Department of Robotics and Mechanical Electronics (DGIST) has developed a new human implantable, wireless, health monitoring electronic suture ...

Inspired by a technology developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures that can not only hold tissue in place but also detect inflammation and release drugs.

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1994). FIGURE 11. The anterior leaflets showed thickening chordae tendineae (white arrows). Longitudinal sections through the ruptured ePTFE suture. Large areas of mineralization were seen within the ...