[HSF] Redo Radical Mitral Valvuloplasty]

[Timothy Sloan]

Gentlemen:

Cardinyl is a Polyamide (NON-ABSORBABLE) Monofilament suture that has many 
characteristics of Prolene with less memory.  Peters Cardio-Vascular Sutures 
of Bobigny France  makes it, with a variety of needle configurations.

In the US - VitalCor now reps the suture however it is a new link up. 
VitalCor is also connected to "CV Solutions" ( http://cvsolutionsllc.com/ ) 
which is a rep group in the US.

In Japan it is represented by a company called "Vital"  ( 
http://www.vital-j.co.jp/Product_index_E.htm ) and has the web site in 
Japanese as well as English if you are so inclined.

Tim Sloan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "prasannasimha" <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: <OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [HSF] Redo Radical Mitral Valvuloplasty]


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> And as typical of the French the Peters web site which manufactures 
> Cardionyl  has only a French web page which I cannot translate.
> Prasanna
> rwmfglycar at aol.com wrote:
>> Is Cardionyl absorbable?
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hgrmd at aol.com
>> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
>> Sent: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 9:24 am
>> Subject: Re: [HSF] Redo Radical Mitral Valvuloplasty
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>> Prasanna,
>>   I don't know how many sutures I used to close the cleft at the 
>> original operation, but I suspect I used a double row of 3-4 sutures of 
>> 5-0  Cardionyl.  I've since changed my technique and use simple 
>> interrupted,  avoiding the last 1-2 mm of the leaflet edge in order to 
>> allow the very edge to  billow up and seal the furrow.  This was a great 
>> point made at Dave Adam's  last valve repair course at Mt. Sinai.
>>   The postero-medial commissuroplasty was indeed a Carpentier's "magic 
>> stitch".
>> Hal
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