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37. Restoration of normal left ventricular geometry after percutaneous mitral annuloplasty – Case report and review of literature

open access: yesJournal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2015
Surgical mitral valve intervention is not considered suitable in patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation due to severe dilated cardiomyopathy and severe systolic dysfunction.
Muhammad Adil Soofi, Faisal Alsamadi
doaj   +1 more source

Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation, 1999
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%).
William K. Freeman   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Percutaneous Repair or Medical Treatment for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2018
BACKGROUND In patients who have chronic heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, severe secondary mitral‐valve regurgitation is associated with a poor prognosis. Whether percutaneous mitral‐valve repair improves clinical outcomes in
J. Obadia   +29 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in mitral annular morphology following transcatheter mitral valve repair. Clinical repercussion and importance of etiology

open access: yesREC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.), 2019
Introduction and objectives: Mitral regurgitation is one society’s most prevalent valvular diseases. Transcatheter mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system has become more widely used for the management of this condition.
Alberto Alperi García   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Severity Score System in Dogs with Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Several risk factors already have been determined for dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD). Risk factors often have been considered in isolation and have not always taken into account additional information provided by the ...
Atkins   +31 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of residual mitral regurgitation after MitraClip therapy in functional mitral regurgitation

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, 2020
MitraClip therapy for the treatment of functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is an increasingly used intervention for high‐risk surgical patients. The aim of this observational study was to assess the impact of residual mitral regurgitation (rMR) at ...
D. Reichart   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of mitral regurgitation [PDF]

open access: yesHeart, 2002
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most commonly encountered valve lesion in modern clinical practice.1 The range of pathologies producing regurgitant mitral valve dysfunction is broad (table 1) and the condition may be met in virtually any medical speciality.
Irvine T, Li XK, Sahn DJ, Kenny A
openaire   +4 more sources

Midterm results of mitral valve repair for atrial functional mitral regurgitation: a retrospective study

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background Annular dilation by left atrial remodeling is considered the main cause of atrial function mitral regurgitation. Although acceptable outcomes have been obtained using mitral ring annuloplasty alone for atrial functional mitral regurgitation ...
Daisuke Kaneyuki   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Appetite suppressants and valvular heart disease - a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Background Although appetite suppressants have been implicated in the development of valvular heart disease, the exact level of risk is still uncertain.
AJ Burger   +28 more
core   +2 more sources

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