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Does right thoracotomy increase the risk of mitral valve reoperation? [PDF]
ObjectiveThe study objective was to determine whether a right thoracotomy approach increases the risk of mitral valve reoperation.MethodsBetween January of 1993 and January of 2004, 2469 patients with mitral valve disease underwent 2570 reoperations ...
Lars G. Svensson +23 more
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Mitral valve and left ventricular features in malignant mitral valve prolapse. [PDF]
Objective: Mitral valve prolapse is a benign condition, however with occasional reports of sudden cardiac death or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the absence of severe mitral regurgitation or coronary artery disease, suggesting the existence of a ...
Garbi, M, Lancellotti, P, Sheppard, MN
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Conservative Management of Atrioventricular Groove Hematoma in Mitral Valve Repair Surgery: A Case Report. [PDF]
Zhang X, Zhou Y, Yuan Z, Li J, Zhou K.
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Mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair.
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most prevalent valvular heart disease and, when left untreated, results in reduced quality of life, heart failure, and increased mortality.
J. Hausleiter +5 more
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Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Importance The safety and effectiveness of mitral valve repair via thoracoscopically-guided minithoracotomy (minithoracotomy) compared with median sternotomy (sternotomy) in patients with degenerative mitral valve regurgitation is uncertain.
E. Akowuah +14 more
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Transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) is a new treatment option for patients with symptomatic mitral valve (MV) disease. Real‐world data have not yet been reported.
M. Wild +45 more
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Use of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) using transcatheter aortic valves in clinical practice is limited to patients with failing bioprostheses and rings or mitral valve disease associated with severe mitral annulus calcification.
M. Urena +5 more
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The assessment of mitral valve disease: a guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography
Mitral valve disease is common. Mitral regurgitation is the second most frequent indication for valve surgery in Europe and despite the decline of rheumatic fever in Western societies, mitral stenosis of any aetiology is a regular finding in all echo ...
Shaun Robinson +7 more
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Degenerative mitral valve disease causing mitral valve prolapse is the most common cause of primary mitral regurgitation, with two distinct phenotypes generally recognized with some major differences, i.e., fibroelastic deficiency (FED) and Barlow’s ...
A. V. van Wijngaarden +4 more
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Nonrheumatic valvular diseases are common; however, no studies have estimated their global or national burden.
Simon R Yadgir +66 more
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