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Quantitation of Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]
Significant mitral regurgitation (MR) is estimated to afflict >2 million Americans and is anticipated to increase in prevalence as the baby boomer population ages.1 Approximately 10% of people ≥75 years of age have significant MR,1 and these patients have decreased survival regardless of whether MR is caused by a primary leaflet abnormality2 or is ...
Paul Grayburn, Neil J Weissman
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Degenerative mitral regurgitation
Degenerative mitral regurgitation is a major threat to public health and affects at least 24 million people worldwide, with an estimated 0.88 million disability-adjusted life years and 34,000 deaths in 2019. Improving access to diagnostic testing and to timely curative therapies such as surgical mitral valve repair will improve the outcomes of many ...
Victoria Delgado +6 more
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Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation
An 89-year-old female with a history of hypertension presented to the hospital with symptoms of fatigue. Her electrocardiogram (ECG) showed high-grade atrioventricular (AV) block, so a transthoracic echocardiogram was obtained to assess for structural heart abnormalities (Figure 1).
Rowa Attar, K. Carlos El-Tallawi
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Pathoanatomy of Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]
The mitral valve is a dynamic, three-dimensional (3D) structure consisting of the mitral annulus, leaflets, tendinous chordae, and papillary muscles.
Ilya Karagodin +2 more
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Mitral valve reconstruction has become a priority option for mitral regurgitation correction, due to the documented advantages, comparing with valve replacement, in terms of long-term survival, absence of valve-related side effects, and preservation of ...
O. F. Luchynets +2 more
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Echocardiographic and Angiographic Prevalence of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Background and Objectives: Ischemic mitral regurgitation is defined as regurgitation associated with significant stenosis of one or more of the coronary arteries and the absence of organic mitral valve disease.
Mousa Haji Ahmed +2 more
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A case of progressive dyspnea: Atrial septal device-related functional mitral regurgitation after myocardial infarction [PDF]
Transcatheter device closure is a common treatment option of atrial septal defect. Mitral regurgitation has been reported with comorbid mitral valve prolapse and atrial septal defect.
Kadriye Memic Sancar +5 more
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Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]
A67-year-old man underwent transthoracic echocardiography for the evaluation of heart failure. The echocardiographic examination demonstrated significant dilatation of all cardiac chambers with marked global left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction (LV ejection fraction of 10% to 15%).
Y, Agmon +3 more
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ObjectivesIt is uncertain whether concurrent mitral valve repair or replacement for moderate or greater secondary mitral regurgitation at the time of coronary artery bypass graft or aortic valve replacement surgery improves long-term survival ...
Shyamal R. Asher +13 more
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Ischemic mitral regurgitation is one of the most difficult and complex problems of surgical treatment of coronary heart disease and drug therapy of this group of patients.
S. A. Rudenko
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