Prosthetic valve for replacing mitral valve

A method of implanting a prosthetic apparatus in a defective native mitral valve without requiring open heart surgery or cardiopulmonary bypass, the method comprising:

• advancing a prosthetic apparatus toward a mitral valve annulus, the prosthetic apparatus comprising a main body in a radially compressed state and a valve structure supported within the main body, the prosthetic apparatus further comprising at least one ventricular anchor coupled to the main body and disposed outside the main body;
• guiding the ventricular anchor between chordae and behind a native mitral valve leaflet;
• rotating the prosthetic apparatus such that the ventricular anchor moves horizontally behind chordae for capturing chordae between the ventricular anchor and the main body;
• and
• allowing the main body to expand from the radially compressed state to a radially expanded state within the mitral valve annulus;
• wherein, after implantation, chordae are positioned between the ventricular anchor and the main body for securing the prosthetic apparatus in the mitral valve annulus.