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The Structural Impact of Aortic Valve Replacement on Mitral Regurgitation
... of mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS), with reported incidence ranging from 10% to as high as 70% ...by ...
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3D vena contracta area after MitraClip© procedure: precise quantification of residual mitral regurgitation and identification of prognostic information
... (3D–TEE) [8]. As 3D–TEE was known to be reliable in multiple VCA [9], its use for the MR assessment after PMVR appeared reasonable. Recently, the feasibility of direct VCA measurement in multiple neo-orifices was ...
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Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral geometry in functional mitral regurgitation
... with reduction of valve tethering and regurgitation ...of regurgitation was more frequently in ICM, and in contrast severe regurgita- tion occurred more frequently in ...systolic mitral valve ...
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Ventricular Approach for Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Cardiomyopathy
... volume reduction effect of PMA alone may not be enough to achieve adequate ven- tricular volume ...ume reduction techniques such as overlapping ventricu- loplasty [6] or the SAVE procedure [10] were used in ...
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Assessment of Prothrombotic burden in patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease using plasma D-dimer assay.
... velocities, as demonstrated for other Doppler measurements such as mitral inflow velocities (24). In a recent report, a small trend was observed for lower velocities at the wider orifice of the LAA, in comparison ...
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The extent of papillary muscle approximation affects mortality and durability of mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation
... There are two different types of PMA in terms of the ex- tent of approximation: complete and incomplete PMA. Al- though procedures similar to both complete [20,21] and incomplete [22] PMA have been proposed, the ...
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Mitral regurgitation: challenges and solutions
... Ischemic and functional MR is one of the most difficult conditions to treat because of the setting in which it occurs. There is usually severe LV dysfunction either from coronary artery disease or a primary ...
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Prognostic impact of postprocedure stroke volume in patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis
... aortic regurgitation; AVA, aortic valve area; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; EOA, effective orifice ...
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Mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature
... thickened mitral valve leaflets and a small vegetation on the posterior mitral valve ...underwent mitral valve repair in March ...posterior mitral valve leaflet was performed, followed by ...
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A Mathematical Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation Severity with EROA
... The cross sectional area is directly related to the regurgitant orifice area. Due to the complex and the unpredictable shape, it is very difficult to measure the regurgitant orifice area. For such a ...
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Managing mitral regurgitation: focus on the MitraClip device
... enrolled 27 patients with at least moderate-to-severe MR ($3 + ), of whom 22 were discharged with clips in place. Three patients underwent the percutaneous procedure but did not have a clip left in place due to ...
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Quantitative analysis of mitral valve morphology in atrial functional mitral regurgitation using real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography atrial functional mitral regurgitation
... Continuous variables are expressed as the mean ± SD, and categorical variables are expressed as absolute values and percentages. Normal distribution of the continuous param- eters was verified using the ...
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Relation of mitral valve morphology and motion to mitral regurgitation severity in patients with mitral valve prolapse
... initial mitral MR ...of mitral valve geometry alteration were not measured and excessive leaflet thickness was not specifically addressed in that study, those findings and those of our study are ...
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Left Ventricular Reconstruction and Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Combined with Papillary Muscle Relocation for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
... A 46-year-old man was transferred to our hospital with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure with severe IMR. He had undergone percutaneous coronary inter- vention for the proximal left descending artery due to an ...
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Algorithms for formal stratification of patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation
... MV regurgitation is highly signifi- cant. If MV regurgitation is mild and less significant, then Group B categorization is undoubted because the MV plasty would unnecessarily increase surgical risk without ...
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Intraventricular thrombus and severe mitral regurgitation in the acute phase of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: two case reports
... and mitral SAM were the only predictors of acute MR in patients with TCM ...the mitral valve leaflets ...ventricle, mitral valve displacement, septal bulging, and hypercontractile basal LV segments ...
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Predictive value of less than moderate residual mitral regurgitation as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography for the short-term outcomes of patients with mitral regurgitation treated with mitral valve repair
... with mitral valve ...residual mitral regurgitation with respect to the composite of early adverse outcomes as well as postintervention ...ual regurgitation might negatively influence the ...
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Critical evaluation of the MitraClip system in the management of mitral regurgitation
... MR reduction as well as an inferiority in the composite end point of primary efficacy (freedom of death, MVS or reoperation, and MR grade 3 + or 4 + ) at 1-year follow-up in the intent-to-treat analysis (73% for ...
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Methods of estimation of mitral valve regurgitation for the cardiac surgeon
... the mitral valve leaflet tip (1 – 5 mm thickness dependent on the degree of mitral leaflet thickening) to define segment prolapse versus flail may be ...distal mitral leaflet tip may contribute to ...
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Long Term Outcomes Comparing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair versus Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery
... invasive mitral valve repair (MiMVR) and conventional ...of mitral regurgitation (MR) and mean mitral valve gradient were ...mean mitral valve gradients > 5 mmHg were recorded and ...
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