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Long-term outcome after mitral valve repair: a risk factor analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Mitral valve repair is the gold standard to restore mitral valve function and is now known to have good long-term outcome. In order to help perioperative decision making, we analyzed our collective to find independent risk factors affecting ...
Eisa, Karam, Hurni, Michel, Rey Meyer, Marie-Antoinette, Ruchat, Patrick, Stumpe, Frank, von Segesser, Ludwig K.   +5 more
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Durability of Annuloplasty in Patients with Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation Associated with Atrial Fibrillation.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
OBJECTIVE To determine the durability of mitral valve repair with complete ring or flexible band annuloplasty in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation due to atrial fibrillation and identify risk factors associated with postoperative ...
N. H. Bakir, Annalisa Bernabei, D. J. Burns, Eugene H. Blackstone, P. Houghtaling, L. Dipaola, J. H. Chen, Ali Hage, Lars G. Svensson, A. Gillinov   +9 more
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Combined MitraClip implantation and left atrial appendage occlusion using the Watchman device: A case series from a referral center

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2017
Introduction: Patients referred for percutaneous transcatheter mitral valve repair using the MitraClip® system frequently have atrial fibrillation, which imposes additional challenges due to the need for oral anticoagulation.
Ana Rita G. Francisco, Eduardo Infante de Oliveira, Miguel Nobre Menezes, Pedro Carrilho Ferreira, Pedro Canas da Silva, Ângelo Nobre, Fausto J. Pinto   +6 more
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Response to pulmonary arterial hypertension drug therapies in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors. [PDF]

, 2014
The age at diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors are increasing. We sought to determine whether the response to drug therapy was influenced by CV risk factors in PAH patients. We studied
Charalampopoulos, A, Connolly, SB, Davies, RJ, Gibbs, JS, Gin-Sing, W, Grapsa, J, Howard, LS, Nihoyannopoulos, P, Tzoulaki, I, Wilkins, MR   +9 more
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The Effect of Treatment Strategy of Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation on Long-Term Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: To investigate the mid- and long-term outcomes of case-based selective strategy of mitral ring annuloplasty during coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with coronary artery disease accompanied by chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation ...
Hüseyin Şaşkin, Kazım Serhan Ozcan, Mustafa İdiz   +2 more
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First-in-human Results of the Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System for Severe Mitral Regurgitation

Cardiology Discovery
Objective:. To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of a novel edge-to-edge mitral valve repair system (the NovoClasp system) in patients with severe mitral regurgitation. Methods:.
Zhi-Nan Lu, Yutong Ke, Yingnan Bian, Jing He, Wenhui Wu, Xinmin Liu, Yang Li, Ran Liu, Taiyang Luo, Xunan Guo, Guangyuan Song   +10 more
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Diastolic And Systolic Right Ventricular Dysfunction Precedes Left Ventricular Dysfunction In Patients Paced From Right Ventricular Apex [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Cardiac dysfunction after right ventricular (RV) apical pacing is well known but its extent, time frame of appearance and individual effect on left ventricular (LV), RV systolic and diastolic parameters has not evaluated in a systematic ...
Bansal, Sandeep, M, Hasan, MK, Makharia, Puri, Aniket, RK, Saran, SK, Dwivedi, VK, Puri, VS, Narain   +7 more
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Coronary artery grafting in infants [PDF]

, 2009
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiac vale repair is an uncommon surgery in infants. CABG is technically demanding in infants due to the small size not only of the coronary arteries but also the potential graft arteries.
Maskari, Salim, Menon, Rajgopal, Valliathu, J., Zacharias, S.   +3 more
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Mitral valve replacement with total chordal preservation: A prospective analysis of echocardiographic and clinical outcomes

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: The journey from complete excision of the mitral valve apparatus to the preservation of chordae tendineae and papillary muscles highlights the ongoing quest to optimize post-operative outcomes, particularly in terms of left ventricular (LV ...
Taifoor Aali Mir , Zubair Ashraf Hakeem , Farooq A Ganie , Faizah Mufti , Talib Khan , Ajmal Ur Rehman , Waseem Ashraf , Yanglitsung T Sangtam , Shahbaz Bashir   +8 more
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Prognostic implications of functional tricuspid regurgitation in asymptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation

ESC Heart Failure
Aims Functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) associated with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) accentuates the severity of heart failure and is a marker of poor prognosis. Little is known about FTR associated with asymptomatic DMR.
Christophe Tribouilloy, Yohann Bohbot, Benjamin Essayagh, Giovanni Benfari, Jeroen J. Bax, Thierry Le Tourneau, Yan Topilsky, Clemence Antoine, Dan Rusinaru, Francesco Grigioni, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Aniek vanWijngaarden, Aviram Hochstadt, Jean Christian Roussel, Prabin Thapa, Michelena Hector I, Maurice Enriquez‐Sarano   +16 more
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