Abstract
Surgical mitral valve repair due to anterior leaflet prolapse is complex, both isolated or combined with commisural and/or posterior leaflet pathology. Resective techniques are less indicated and are associated with worse long-term results that those observed after posterior leaflet resection. Leaflet preservation techniques are pappilary muscle or chordae transposition or shortening, the edge-to-edge repair and, more frequently, artificial neochordae implantation. This paper aims to describe the most important techniques used for anterior leaflet prolapse repair, extremely numerous in the neochordae implantation subset, in addition to their indications and results.
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