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Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR), characterized by normal mitral valve (MV) function and left ventricular ...
The data indicate it’s worth a shot to try TEER in many with secondary MR, but clinical judgement is critical.
A true test of durability will take many more years, but if the valve holds up, it’s “potentially a game changer,” say ...
Mitral regurgitation was produced in the open-chest dog by permitting blood to flow from left ventricle through a flow meter into the left atrium during systole. The hemodynamic effects of known ...
NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes ...
Using a single TriClip steerable guide catheter (SGC), operators saw promising results in a few dozen patients undergoing ...
Accurate quantification of mitral regurgitation is of primary importance for clinical decision making. Assessing a patient’s response to medical therapy, characterizing the time course of a ...
Evidence-based recommendations on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for native aortic valve regurgitation. This involves implanting a replacement valve inside the faulty native valve.
For people with native aortic valve regurgitation who could have SAVR and it is not high risk, this procedure can only be done as part of a research study. This is because there is not enough evidence ...
Meril Life Sciences, a leading global med-tech company, marked a significant milestone with the launch of MyClip, India’s first Transcatheter Edge-To-Edge Repair (TEER) system, on June 14. The ...
In patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) (Carpentier type II prolapse), these segments are elongated (table 1), but these lengths are quite variable.3 P2 averaged 19 mm in a recent ...
Mitral valve surgery has changed considerably in the past decades and is now indicated mostly for pure or predominant mitral regurgitation. This is the result of the regression of rheumatic disease, ...