Mitral Valve Annuloplasty
Left Ventricular Reconstruction and Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Combined with Papillary Muscle Relocation for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
... ischemic mitral regurgitation with severe bileaflet tethering and a dilated left ...and mitral valve annuloplasty com- bined with papillary muscle ...and mitral valve ...
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Comparison of the novel Medtentia double helix mitral annuloplasty system with the Carpentier-Edwards Physio annuloplasty ring: morphological and functional long-term outcome in a mitral valve insufficiency sheep model
... easier mitral valve annuloplasty procedures with reduced clamp time, the novel Medtentia double helix mitral annuloplasty ring (MAR) was developed ...the mitral valve ...
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Computer-based comparison of different methods for selecting mitral annuloplasty ring size
... for mitral valve annuloplasty is conventionally done intraoperatively using specific ‘ sizer ’ instruments, which are placed onto the valve ...the mitral annulus and the contour of the ...
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Relationship between incidentally detected calcification of the mitral valve on 64-row multidetector computed tomography and mitral valve disease on echocardiography
... Mitral valve calcification was noted in 59 ...with mitral valve calcification, 32 (64%) had mitral annular calcification, with 24 (48%) having calcification at the pos- terior annulus ...
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Mitral regurgitation: challenges and solutions
... factors include intravascular drug abuse, immunosuppression, intravascular prosthesis and devices, hemodialysis catheters, and degenerative valvular diseases. Endocarditis of the native valve can present after ...
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Usefulness of Del Nido cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery.
... In Virginia Commonwealth University,R Ramanathan et al conducted a retrospective analysis of adult patients who underwent cardiac surgeries using del Nido cardioplegia and Buckberg’s cardioplegia and compared their ...
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The correlation between the coaptation height of mitral valve and mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair
... of mitral apparatus in short axis (Fig. 1). Mitral valve short-axis dimension (MVd) and Coaptation height (CH) at endsys- tole were measured ...the mitral leaflet ...The mitral ...
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Endothelial microparticles are increased in congenital heart diseases and contribute to endothelial dysfunction
... Recently, we demonstrated that circulating microparticles in patients with valvular heart disease impaired endothe- lium dependent vasodilation by uncoupling and inhibiting endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) [1]. ...
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Two and three dimensional echocardiography for pre-operative assessment of mitral valve regurgitation
... for mitral valve disease evolved, so has the need for detailed and accurate imaging of the mitral valve prior to surgery in order to better define the mechanism of valve dysfunction and ...
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Emergency transapical mitral valve-in-valve implantation for bioprosthesis failure: transapical implantation of an Edwards Sapien-XT in a dysfunctional mitral bioprosthesis in a critical patient
... Background: Valve-in-Valve (VIV) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is now the treatment of choice in high-surgical-risk patients with failing aortic ...VIV-Transcatheter Mitral ...
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Prevalence and Prognostic Implications of Mitral and Aortic Valve Calcium in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
... cardiac valve calcium in patients with stage 2 and 3 CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 60 to 89 and 30 to 59 ...of mitral and aortic valve calcium in patients with stage 2 and 3 CKD ...
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Should high risk patients with concomitant severe aortic stenosis and mitral valve disease undergo double valve surgery in the TAVR era?
... double valve surgery, we used the STS score for isolated AVR as the basis for expected mortality risk for risk ...double valve surgery, its use is justified for the pur- pose of this study as the same score ...
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Concomitant mitral valve surgery with aortic valve replacement: a 21-year experience with a single mechanical prosthesis
... Both mitral valve repair and replacement are good options for the rheumatic valve patient and the choice should be determined by surgical judgement and ...rheumatic mitral valve at the ...
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Marfan syndrome and mitral valve prolapse
... ders of connective tissue including Marfan syndrome, Ehler-Danlos syndrome, osteo- genesis imperfecta, dominant cutis laxa pseudoxanthoma elasticum, and the MASS syndrome (mitral valve prolapse, aortic root ...
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Ischemic mitral regurgitation: Focusing on the imbalance of two intraventricular forces
... Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a frequent complication after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and has a worse prognosis, regardless of the severity. The mechanism of chronic IMR is the mismatch between ...
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Echocardiographic and Clinical Evaluation of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis in Younger and Elderly Patients
... History of rheumatic fever is present in 60% of cases [10]. In our study 37% of younger patients gave history of rheumatic fever where as only 20% of elderly group could remember about the occurrence of rheumatic fever ...
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Learning curve in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a single-center experience
... the mitral valve. We then assessed the mitral valve for the feasibility of repairing, with the minimally invasive approach, nearly all mitral plasty techniques could be applied, in our ...
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Investigation and Validation of Imaging Techniques for Mitral Valve Disease Diagnosis and Intervention
... namic mitral valve phantom. To evaluate this, we designed two mitral valve phantoms (silicone and stained bovine) and constructed a motorized valve manipulator which simulates a range ...
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Mitral Valve Prolapse: Associations with Symptoms and Anxiety
... Of those with mitral valve prolapse, 85% had a solitary click, 9% had a click and systolic murmur, and 6% had multiple clicks.. Children with auscultatory mitral valve prolapse were less[r] ...
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Mitral Valve Replacement with Chordal Preservation: A Retrospective Analysis of Outcome in Comparison with Classical Mitral Valve Replacement
... Atrial wall shows myofibrillar changes with increased fibrous tissue deposition, leading to haphazard electrical activity. Mechanically there is a loss of atrial contribution to stroke volume by up to 30%. Combination of ...
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