Hypoglycemia after Mitral Valve Repair in Dogs by Yasuyuki Nii, Emi Takahashi, Miho Tabata, Shimon Furusato, Masaya Katsumata, Masami Uechi

“…The identified risk factors for hypoglycemia included low body weight and asymptomatic myxomatous mitral valve disease. Monitoring blood glucose levels after MVR should be included in the standard hospitalization plan to prevent hypoglycemic emergencies in dogs.…”
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Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in the Dog: A Systematic Review by Giulia Arcuri, Carlotta Valente, Caterina Perini, Carlo Guglielmini

“…Genetics, for the Irish Wolfhound, increased body weight, and left atrial enlargement were the main risk factors for the development of AF in dogs with different cardiac diseases, particularly myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). …”
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ALL THE NEW IS THE WELL FORGOTTEN OLD: AUTOPERICARDIAL MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY FOR DEGENERATIVE DEFECTS by S.A. ZHURKO, A.B. GAMZAEV, K.M. AMINOV, P.V. PIMENOVA

“…Objective: To present the first-hand results of a modified mitral annuloplasty (MA) with an autopericardial strip (APS) in degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD). Methods: Fifty-three patients with DMVD (mean age, 54.9±9.5 years (36-78 years); n=32 men (60.4%) and n=21women (39.6%)) undergoing MA with an APS, between January 2017 and January 2020 were retrospectively studied. …”
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Mitral implantation of a (Melody) pulmonary valve. A report of the first pediatric case in Colombia by Arnaldo A. Palomino-Rodríguez, Jorge A. Zapata-Sánchez, Luis H. Díaz-Medina, Juan D. Montoya-Mejía, Rafael Lince-Varela

“…Congenital mitral valve disease is complex, entails a significant challenge from a clinical, hemodynamic, and surgical point of view, and has high rates of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Evaluation of autoantibodies to desmoglein-2 in dogs with and without cardiac disease by Ashley L. Walker, Ronald H. L. Li, Nghi Nguyen, Carina E. Jauregui, Kathryn M. Meurs, Allison L. Gagnon, Joshua A. Stern

“…The sera of 46 dogs (10 ARVC Boxers, 9 healthy Boxers, 10 Doberman Pinschers with dilated cardiomyopathy, 10 dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease, and 7 healthy non-Boxer dogs) were assessed for antibody presence and concentration via Western blotting and densitometry. …”
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Outcomes of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in Significant Mitral Stenosis with Moderate Mitral Regurgitation - Single Center Study by Ömer Çelik, Ahmet Anıl Şahin, Muammer Karakayalı

“…Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) is an established treatment option in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe rheumatic mitral valve disease, but PMBV is not a preferred option in mitral stenosis (MS) patients with moderate mitral regurgitation (MR) due to the risk of severe MR. …”
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Recognition and management of left atrial dissection during mitral repair by Haya Alshaabi, Jack F. Donaghue, Denise M. Franko, Jock N. McCullough

“…Case presentation We report a case of LAtD detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) following mitral valve repair for primary mitral valve regurgitation secondary to degenerative mitral valve disease with MAZE IV procedure for atrial fibrillation. …”
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Telotristat ethyl reverses myxomatous changes in mice mitral valves by Xinmei Wang, Danielle Kuban-Johnston, Pablo Lapuerta, Carla M. R. Lacerda

“…TE provides a unique tool to test inhibition of serotonin synthesis in vivo, without impacting brain serotonin, to further confirm the role of local serotonin synthesis on heart valves.ObjectiveTo confirm the link between serotonin and myxomatous valvular disease in vivo.Methods and resultsA hypertension-induced myxomatous mitral valve disease mouse model was employed to test the effect of TE on valvular degeneration. …”
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Evaluation of the diagnostic value of the renal resistive index as a marker of the subclinical development of cardiorenal syndrome in MMVD dogs by Barbara Szczepankiewicz, Urszula Pasławska, Natalia Siwińska, Krzysztof Plens, Robert Pasławski

“…Introduction: Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs inevitably causes renal dysfunction. …”
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Computational estimates of annular diameter reveal genetic determinants of mitral valve function and disease by Mengyao Yu, Catherine Tcheandjieu, Adrien Georges, Ke Xiao, Helio Tejeda, Christian Dina, Thierry Le Tourneau, Madalina Fiterau, Renae Judy, Noah L. Tsao, Dulguun Amgalan, Chad J. Munger, Jesse M. Engreitz, Scott M. Damrauer, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, James R. Priest

“…We observed strong genetic correlation with measures of contractility and mitral valve disease and clinical correlations with heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, and ventricular arrhythmias. …”
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Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation by Angela McInerney, Luis Marroquin-Donday, Gabriela Tirado-Conte, Breda Hennessey, Carolina Espejo, Eduardo Pozo, Alberto de Agustín, Nieves Gonzalo, Pablo Salinas, Iván Núñez-Gil, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Hernan Mejía-Rentería, Fernando Macaya, Javier Escaned, Luis Nombela-Franco, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo

“…Mitral valve disease, and in particular mitral regurgitation, is a common clinical entity. …”
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Minimally Invasive Surgery: Standard of Care for Mitral Valve Endocarditis by Cristina Barbero, Marco Pocar, Dario Brenna, Barbara Parrella, Sara Baldarelli, Valentina Aloi, Andrea Costamagna, Anna Chiara Trompeo, Alessandro Vairo, Gianluca Alunni, Stefano Salizzoni, Mauro Rinaldi

“…Minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy has become the standard of care for the treatment of mitral valve disease worldwide, particularly at high-volume centers. …”
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Comparative effects of amlodipine and benazepril on Left Atrial Pressure in Dogs with experimentally-induced Mitral Valve Regurgitation by Suzuki Shuji, Fukushima Ryuji, Ishikawa Taisuke, Yamamoto Yuta, Hamabe Lina, Kim Soomin, Yoshiyuki Rieko, Machida Noboru, Tanaka Ryou

“…Additional studies in clinical patients with degenerative mitral valve disease and acute chordal rupture are warranted because the blood-pressure lowering effects of amlodipine can decrease renal perfusion and this can further activate the RAAS.…”
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Outcome of Anesthesia and Open Heart Surgery in Pregnant Patients by Alireza Mahoori, Rasoul Farasatkish, Nahid Aghdaie, Zohre Faritus, Golamali Mollasadeghi, Fahimeh Kashfi

“…Results: Ten patients had severe mitral valve disease (66.6%), three had aortic valve disease (20%), one had subvalvular aortic stenosis (6.7%), and the remaining one had left atrial myxoma (6.7%). …”
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Early Postoperative Immunothrombosis of Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve and Left Atrium: A Case Report by Alexander Kostyunin, Tatiana Glushkova, Alexander Stasev, Rinat Mukhamadiyarov, Elena Velikanova, Leo Bogdanov, Anna Sinitskaya, Maxim Asanov, Evgeny Ovcharenko, Leonid Barbarash, Anton Kutikhin

“…A 72-year-old female patient with mixed rheumatic mitral valve disease and persistent atrial fibrillation underwent mitral valve replacement and suffered from a combined thrombosis of the bioprosthetic valve and the left atrium as soon as 2 days post operation. …”
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Relationship between structural remodeling and the high risk of recurrence in auricular fibrillation by Annalie Fidelina Rondón-Vázquez, Wilber Jesús Riverón-Carralero, Adel Elio Peña-Carballosa, Onelis Góngora-Gómez, Mervin Aguilera-Mastrapa

“…The patients with moderate recurrence irrigation presented as the main remodeling factor, the dilated left atrium (37,5 %); while patients with acquired mitral valve disease (42,30 %) and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (53,57 %) presented a high risk of recurrence. …”
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Relationship between structural remodeling and the high risk of recurrence in auricular fibrillation by Annalie Fidelina Rondón-Vázquez, Wilber Jesús Riverón-Carralero, Adel Elio Peña-Carballosa, Onelis Góngora-Gómez, Mervin Aguilera-Mastrapa

“…The patients with moderate recurrence irrigation presented as the main remodeling factor, the dilated left atrium (37,5 %); while patients with acquired mitral valve disease (42,30 %) and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (53,57 %) presented a high risk of recurrence. …”
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Increased left atrial volume index is an independent predictor of raised serum natriuretic peptide in patients with suspected heart failure but normal left ventricular ejection fra... by Lim, T, Ashrafian, H, Dwivedi, G, Collinson, P, Senior, R

“…RESULTS: Of 137 patients, 21 were excluded (2 with significant mitral valve disease and 19 with atrial fibrillation). Of the remaining 116 subjects, 92 showed normal LV systolic function. …”

Prognostic model for atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a UK cohort study by Chung, S-C, O'Brien, B, Lip, GYH, Fields, KG, Muehlschlegel, JD, Thakur, A, Clifton, D, Collins, GS, Watkinson, P, Providencia, R

“…The final model included 13-predictors at baseline: age, year of index surgery, elevated CHA2DS2-VASc score, congestive heart failure, hypertension, acute coronary syndromes, mitral valve disease, ventricular tachycardia, valve surgery, receiving two combined procedures (e.g., valve replacement + coronary artery bypass grafting), or three combined procedures in the index procedure, statin use, and ethnicity other than white or black (statins and ethnicity were protective). …”

Neurobehavioral changes associated with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: A narrative review by David McMillan, Sarangan Ketheesan, Rukshan Ahamed Mohamed Rafeek, Riya Thapa, Mohammad Raguib Munif, Adam Hamlin, Phillip Tully, Robert Norton, Andrew White, Natkunam Ketheesan

“…Both infective endocarditis and mitral valve disease with or without aortic valve disease increase the embolic and ischemic stroke risk. …”
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