Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for mitral valve repair. For example, “C” or “D” shaped annuloplasty mitral valve rings are provided that include a structure including an elongate curved posterior segment and first and second curved lateral segments extending from opposite ends of the posterior segment, the posterior segment and lateral segments may lie within a plane and/or define a C-shape, the structure defining a first lateral axis extending between the lateral segments within the plane, and a second posterior-anterior axis perpendicular to the first axis intersecting a midpoint of the posterior segment, the structure having a stiffness such that the structure resists anterior-posterior motion along the second axis within the plane while allowing flexibility of the lateral segments out of the plane about the second axis.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for pressurization of an aortic valve of a heart before and/or after a valve surgery procedure to mimic the physiologic environment that the aortic valve experiences while allowing surgeons to visually inspect the aortic valve, so that if additional repair needs to be performed, it can be done immediately before aortotomy closure.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for mitral repair of a mitral valve within a heart of a subject that includes introducing a distal portion of a delivery device carrying an artificial chordae into the vasculature of the subject; advancing the distal portion into a right atrium of the heart and trans-septally from the right atrium into a left atrium of the heart; directing the distal portion through a mitral valve of the heart into a left ventricle of the heart; securing a distal end of the artificial chordae to a posterior ventricular wall of the heart adjacent the mitral valve; coupling a leaflet anchor end of the artificial chordae to a posterior leaflet of the mitral valve; adjusting a distance between the leaflet anchor and the distal end of the artificial chordae until coaptation of the mitral valve is improved and/or regurgitation is eliminated; and removing the delivery device from the subject's body.