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Heart valve tissue‐derived hydrogels: Preparation and characterization of mitral valve chordae, aortic valve, and mitral valve gels

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 2018
AbstractHeart valve (HV) diseases are among the leading causes of death and continue to threaten public health worldwide. The current clinical options for HV replacement include mechanical and biological prostheses. However, an ongoing problem with current HV prostheses is their failure to integrate with the host tissue and their inability grow and ...
Jinglei, Wu, Bryn, Brazile, Sara R, McMahan, Jun, Liao, Yi, Hong   +4 more
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Mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in Southern Africa

, 2013
Background: Threshold countries like South Africa provide cardiac surgery to a largely indigent population with rheumatic heart disease. Although repairs are a preferred treatment modality many rheumatic mitral valves can only be replaced.
Brink, J, Zilla, Peter, Human, P, Koshy, J   +3 more
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Large Hydatid Cyst in the Cardiac Interventricular Septum: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
Hydatid disease is a parasitic disease with a high incidence in pastoral areas in Tibet. The heart is an uncommon location of echinococcosis, and involvement of the interventricular septum is even rarer. This disease can remain asymptomatic for a long time, but may result in cardiac tamponade and sudden death.
Lin Gao, Yixiu Zhang, Xiao Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Starr-Edwards Mechanical Prosthesis for More Than 53 Years in the Mitral Position: A Case Report

International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy
Valvular heart disease affects approximately 2.5% of the global population. Starr-Edwards (SE) prosthetic valves are commonly used in the aortic and mitral positions, with reported durability extending up to 40 years.
Roberto Carlos Macías Cervantes, Luis Miguel Alfonso Fernandez Gutierrez, Enrique Arana Martínez   +2 more
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The impact of sub-valvular apparatus preservation on prosthetic valve dysfunction during mitral valve replacement

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2013
Background: Sub-valvular apparatus preservation (SAP) during mitral valve replacement (MVR) is not a new concept. Some surgeons prefer to excise the apparatus.
Alireza Alizadeh-Ghavidel, Yalda Mirmesdagh, Mehrzad Sharifi, Anita Sadeghpour, Reza Nakhaeizadeh, Gholamreza Omrani   +5 more
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Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient With Incomplete Cor Triatriatum Sinister: A Case Report

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
We present the case of a 55‐year‐old male who experienced a cryptogenic ischemic stroke, likely due to a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in the setting of an incomplete cor triatriatum sinister (CTS) and a 30 mm GORE Cardioform Septal Occluder was successfully implanted.
Anastasios Apostolos, Maria Drakopoulou, Elias Tolis, Georgios Trantalis, Ioannis Kachrimanidis, Panayotis Vlachakis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Konstantina Aggeli   +8 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography for the Assessment of Congestive Liver Disease in Patients With Structural Heart Disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
Shear wave elastography demonstrated moderate diagnostic accuracy for detecting congestive liver disease in patients with structural heart disease. Increased liver stiffness was associated with echocardiographic markers of venous congestion, supporting the concept that elastography may serve as a noninvasive marker of cardiohepatic interaction ...
Edinéia Camargo Dziadzio, Maria Angelica Jungles Malikoski, Eduardo Henrique Bonotto, Sandra Monica Tochetto, Marco Stephan Lofrano‐Alves   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting echocardiographic features of prosthetic heart valves: the necessity of correct differentiation of mono-leaflet vs. bileaflet mechanical heart valves in a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Mechanical heart valve replacement is a standard treatment for severe valvular disorders. The use of mono-leaflet valves has decreased recently.
Farnoosh Larti, Babak Geraiely, Samaneh Hasanpour Asli, Arman Soltani Moghadam   +3 more
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Physiological and clinical consequences of relief of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction late after repair of congenital heart defects.

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO) is a common problem after repair of congenital heart disease. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) can treat this condition without consequent pulmonary regurgitation or ...
Sridharan, S, Schievano, S, Coats, L, Jones, R, Mist, B, Taylor, AM, Deanfield, JE, Bonhoeffer, P, Derrick, G, Khambadkone, S, Pellerin, D   +10 more
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Comparative diagnostic accuracy study of point of care ultrasound techniques for detection of left atrial enlargement by hospital medicine physicians from archived echocardiogram images

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is predictive of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Prior studies of point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) interpretation methods for identifying LAE utilized older echocardiographic reference ranges. Objectives Compare the test characteristics of hospitalist‐performed POCUS techniques for identifying ...
Christopher J. Smith, Jesse Umbra, Sofia Quintero, Austin Wilson, Elizabeth Lyden, Nidish Tiwari, Brian Shahan, Jana Wardian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source