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Percutaneous dual-valve intervention in a high-risk patient with severe aortic and mitral stenosis

Heart Views, 2016
Aortic stenosis is the most frequent and mitral stenosis is the least frequent native single-sided valve disease in Europe. Patients with the combination of severe symptomatic degenerative aortic and mitral stenosis are very rare.
Blaz Mrevlje, Mohamad Aboukura, Christoph A Nienaber   +2 more
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Mitral Valve Surgery for Rheumatic Lesions in Young Patients [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The appropriateness of rheumatic mitral valve repair remains controversial due to the risks of recurrent mitral dysfunction and need for reoperation.
Banazol, N, Cardoso, B, Fragata, I, Fragata, J, Gomes, I, Gordo, A, Loureiro, P, Pinto, MF, Trigo, C   +8 more
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Mitral valve replacement at Tygerberg Hospital: a 5 year follow-up

SA Heart Journal, 2017
This study provides 5-year follow-up data of isolated mitral valve replacements with mechanical prosthesis at a large South African tertiary hospital. It also assessed the significance of pre-operative parameters to predict mortality.
B.J. Barnard, P.J. le Roux
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Embolic strokes of undetermined source: prevalence and patient features in the ESUS Global Registry [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Recent evidence supports that most non-lacunar cryptogenic strokes are embolic. Accordingly, these strokes have been designated as embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS).
Ameriso, Sebastian F, Arauz, Antonio, Berkowitz, Scott D, Bosch, Jackie, Brouns, Raf, Connolly, Stuart J, Coutinho, Jonathan, Cunha, Luis, Gagliardi, Rubens J, Giruparajah, Mohana, Hankey, Graeme J, Hart, Robert G, Kasner, Scott E, Kitagawa, Kazuo, Lavallee, Philippa, Mattina, Katie R, Muir, Keith, O\u2019Donnell, Martin J, Perera, Kanjana S, Pieroni, Alessio, Shamalov, Nikolay, Swaminathan, Balakumar, Vanassche, Thomas, Vastagh, Ildiko, Vermehren, Philipp, Wang, Yongjun, Yoon, Byung-Woo, Yperzeele, Laetitia   +27 more
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Posterior to Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflets Length Ratio as a Simple Parameter in Assessing the Severity of Mitral Stenosis

Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2017
Background: Determining the severity of mitral stenosis is important for both prognostic and therapeutic reasons. TTE is the gold standard method for assessment of severity mitral stenosis by using planimetry and pressure half time (PHT).
Zunaidi Syahputra, Nizam Zikri Akbar, Andre Pasha Ketaren, Harris Hasan   +3 more
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Dialysis Patients [PDF]

, 2012
Background/Aims: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a new therapeutic option for high-risk patients. However, dialysis patients were excluded from all previous studies.
Baglin A, Braun J, Bryg RJ, Christian Kupatt, Cribier A, Edwards FH, Gerhard Steinbeck, Herzog CA, Iung B, Leon MB, London GM, Lucke JC, Maher ER, Matthias Wessely, Michael Fischereder, Philipp Lange, Rodes-Cabau J, Simon Rau, Smith CR, Stinebaugh J, Straumann E, Tanaka K, Ulf Schönermarck, Urena P, Varadarajan P, Varma R   +25 more
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Left atrial calcification: Case report and review of literature

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018
Calcification of left atrium is often associated with rheumatic valvular heart disease. It has been described mostly in cases with long standing mitral stenosis and also in patients with mitral valve replacement.
M Aseem Basha, A Shaheer Ahmed, Bharatraj Kidambi, Pavan Teja, Nitish Naik   +4 more
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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation accompanying mitral stenosis: the concept for a trial. [PDF]

, 2015
Patients at thromboembolic risk with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) can now be managed either with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) or with a fixed dose of a non-VKA oral anticoagulant (NOAC), while patients with valvular AF have been restricted to ...
De Caterina, R, John Camm, A
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Valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedure in prosthetic valve stenosis

IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2023
A patient presented with acute respiratory failure and shock due to severe prosthetic mitral valve stenosis. A valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedure was performed via the transeptal approach due to his high-risk presentation ...
Mridul Bansal, Aryan Mehta, David X. Zhao, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula   +3 more
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]

, 2016
Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K, Ailawadi, Gorav, Barnhart, Glenn R, Farivar, R Saeid, Fayers, Trevor M, Goldman, Scott M, Grossi, Eugene A, Guy, T Sloane, Hargrove, W Clark, Hummel, Brian W, Khan, Junaid H, Lehr, Eric J, Lewis, Clifton TP, Malaisrie, S Chris, Mehall, John R, Murphy, Douglas A, Rodriguez, Evelio, Ryan, William H, Salemi, Arash, Segurola, Romualdo J, Shemin, Richard J, Smith, J Michael, Smith, Robert L, Weldner, Paul W, Wolfe, J Alan   +24 more
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