Totally endoscopic mitral replacement: outcomes when repair is infeasible
A retrospective German study found that totally endoscopic chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement was needed in 7.2% of 1,037 operations and ...
Tag: mitral regurgitation
Dogs With Failing Heart Valves Defy the Odds as Leakage Spontaneously Vanishes
Three Maltese dogs with severe degenerative mitral valve disease showed spontaneous, sustained reductions in valve leakage that allowed diuretics to ...
Strep Kidney Disease in Children May Quietly Strain the Heart, Study Finds
A prospective study of 41 Egyptian children with poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis found transient, subclinical cardiac changes, including QTc prolongation, mitral regurgitation, ...
Anatomy Beats Device: 3D Imaging Reveals What Really Shapes the Mitral Valve After Repair
A large real-world study using 3D echocardiography shows that baseline mitral valve anatomy, not the choice between PASCAL and PASCAL ...
Cancer Patients Face Higher Long-Term Death Risk After Mitral Valve Clip Repair, Major Analysis Finds
A new meta-analysis finds that cancer patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair have similar procedural success to other patients but ...
CT Calcium Scans May Predict Who Benefits Most From Mitral Valve Balloon Procedure
A new study finds that CT-derived mitral valve calcium scores show promising but statistically inconclusive associations with failed balloon mitral ...
Hidden Fluid Overload Predicts Death After Mitral Valve Clip Repair, Study Finds
A simple blood-based calculation of hidden plasma volume expansion independently predicts mortality after transcatheter mitral valve repair, and combining it ...
Dual ECMO and Impella Strategy Enables Emergency Mitral Valve Replacement in Shock
Japanese surgeons report using combined veno-venous ECMO and a directly implanted Impella 5.5 pump to enable emergency mitral valve replacement ...
Human Mitral Valve Cells Show Distinct 3D Remodeling in Prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse, a condition in which the valve between the heart's left atrium and left ventricle bulges backward into ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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