Background: Mitral valve repair in paediatric patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease is superior to valve replacement and has been used with good results.
Renata Cristina Castro Cruz +5 more
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The use of invasive techniques, angiography and indicator dilution, for quantification of valvular regurgitations [PDF]
Angiographic techniques have been used for the quantification of mitral or aortic and rarely tricuspid regurgitation. Mitral or aortic regurgitant volume per beat and the regurgitation fraction (fao and fm, respectively) are obtained from the ...
Hess, O. M. +3 more
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Color Doppler Echocardiographic Assessment of Valvular Regurgitation in Normal Infants
Despite valvular regurgitation being a common finding in children, its prevalence in infants is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and severity of valvular regurgitation in normal infants using echocardiographic screening ...
Shu-Ting Lee, Meng-Hsun Lin
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Unusual evolution of a non-hacek Gram-negative endocarditis in a patient with Turner syndrome [PDF]
Non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis is a rare but severe illness, and the diagnosis can be difficult to establish. Here, we report the case of a 72-year-old woman with Turner syndrome suffering from non-typhoid Salmonella endocarditis of the triscupid ...
Bech, Carine +3 more
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Tricuspidisation of the aortic valve with creation of a crown-like annulus is able to restore a normal valve function in bicuspid aortic valves [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the early results of a new method to repair malfunctioning bicuspid aortic valves by creating a tricuspid valve with a crown-like (i.e. anatomic) annulus.
Bettex, Dominique +4 more
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Operação de um ventrículo e meio como uma alternativa para o ventrículo direito hipoplásico [PDF]
Objective: Patients with complex congenital heart disease, characterized by right ventricle hypoplasia, had a palliative surgical option with one and a half ventricular repair.Methods: From July 2001 to March 2009, nine patients (mean age 5.2 years ...
Carvalho, Antonio Carlos +2 more
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Rare Association of Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome with Double Outlet Right Ventricle and Hypoplastic Left Heart Complex [PDF]
Arya, Bhawna +4 more
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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a new surgical option for mitral insufficiency [PDF]
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) is a relatively new alternative to median sternotomy for valvular heart surgery, and has become increasingly appealing due to its improved cosmetic results and more rapid recovery time.
Raith, E.
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Impact of tricuspid valve insufficiency on the performance of left ventricular assist devices. [PDF]
Gomez Hamacher CJR +9 more
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Functional tricuspid valve insufficiency after cardiac transplantation: Which factor is the most important? [PDF]
Hajiyev V +6 more
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