An apparatus, comprising: a needle having a bore and a distal tip suitable for penetrating a heart valve leaflet; a pusher having a distal end, the pusher being disposed within the bore of the needle for movement between a delivery position in which the distal end of the pusher is proximate to the distal tip of the needle and a deployed position in which the distal end of the pusher is distal to the distal tip of the needle; a distal anchor having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a stopper receiving portion, the distal anchor having a plurality of elongate members extending proximally from the stopper receiving portion, each elongate member have a free proximal end, the free proximal ends defining the proximal end of the distal anchor, the distal anchor having a central bore extending through the stopper receiving portion and between the plurality of elongate members, the distal anchor being disposed within the bore of the needle in a delivery configuration in which the plurality of elongate members are oriented substantially axially and movable between a delivery position in which the distal anchor is disposed between the distal end of the pusher and the distal tip of the needle and a deployed position in which the proximal end of the distal anchor is disposed distal to the distal tip of the needle; and an artificial chordae having a proximal portion and a distal portion terminating in a stopper and disposed within the bore of the distal anchor with the stopper distal to the stopper receiving portion of the distal anchor and the proximal portion proximal to the proximal end of the distal anchor, the distal anchor being reconfigurable from the delivery configuration to a deployed configuration when the distal anchor is in the deployed position in which the plurality of elongate members are disposed with their free proximal ends spaced radially outwardly from the artificial chordae a distance sufficient to anchor the artificial chordae to the heart valve leaflet, wherein the distal anchor is reconfigurable from the delivery configuration to the deployed configuration by moving the distal end of the pusher distally towards the distal end of the distal anchor past the free proximal ends of, and between, the elongate members to urge the elongate members radially outwardly. a needle having a bore and a distal tip suitable for penetrating a heart valve leaflet; a pusher having a distal end, the pusher being disposed within the bore of the needle for movement between a delivery position in which the distal end of the pusher is proximate to the distal tip of the needle and a deployed position in which the distal end of the pusher is distal to the distal tip of the needle; a distal anchor having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a stopper receiving portion, the distal anchor having a plurality of elongate members extending proximally from the stopper receiving portion, each elongate member have a free proximal end, the free proximal ends defining the proximal end of the distal anchor, the distal anchor having a central bore extending through the stopper receiving portion and between the plurality of elongate members, the distal anchor being disposed within the bore of the needle in a delivery configuration in which the plurality of elongate members are oriented substantially axially and movable between a delivery position in which the distal anchor is disposed between the distal end of the pusher and the distal tip of the needle and a deployed position in which the proximal end of the distal anchor is disposed distal to the distal tip of the needle; and an artificial chordae having a proximal portion and a distal portion terminating in a stopper and disposed within the bore of the distal anchor with the stopper distal to the stopper receiving portion of the distal anchor and the proximal portion proximal to the proximal end of the distal anchor, the distal anchor being reconfigurable from the delivery configuration to a deployed configuration when the distal anchor is in the deployed position in which the plurality of elongate members are disposed with their free proximal ends spaced radially outwardly from the artificial chordae a distance sufficient to anchor the artificial chordae to the heart valve leaflet, wherein the distal anchor is reconfigurable from the delivery configuration to the deployed configuration by moving the distal end of the pusher distally towards the distal end of the distal anchor past the free proximal ends of, and between, the elongate members to urge the elongate members radially outwardly.