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Research Article | Volume 10 Issue 1 (, 2004) | Pages 90 - 93
Case report: outer sheath rupture may precede complete chordal rupture in fibrotic mitral valve disease
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
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PMID : -11206774
Published
Jan. 9, 2001
Abstract

Rupture mechanics of mitral valve chordae have been difficult to elucidate because most surgical repairs and pathological examinations are performed after the rupture. In an excised anterior leaflet from a fibrotic mitral valve, chordae were observed in an initial phase of rupture. Microscopic sections showed that thinned, nearly ruptured chordal segments were actually chordal cores, containing highly aligned collagen fibers. The outer sheath of elastic fibers, disorganized circumferentially oriented collagen fibers, and endothelial cells that normally surrounds the collagen core apparently had retracted to the extreme ends of the thinned segment, resulting in a bulbous shape, as noted in the chordal rupture literature. In conclusion, these new observations lead us to propose that the rupture of mitral valve chordae is not spontaneous, but may occur over time. The failure of the outer sheath may represent the first phase in a slow, two-part process leading to eventual chordal rupture.

 

 

 

How to cite: Grande-Allen, K. J., Ratliff, N. B., Griffin, B. P., Cosgrove, D. M., 3rd, & Vesely, I. (2001). Case report: outer sheath rupture may precede complete chordal rupture in fibrotic mitral valve disease. The Journal of heart valve disease10(1), 90–93.

 
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