Mitral Annular Calcification-Related Valvular Disease: A Challenging Entity by Abdulrahman S. Museedi, Thierry H. Le Jemtel

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Editorial: Highlights in heart valve disease: 2021 by Aikawa Elena

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One-Year Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Among Patients with Clinically Significant Mitral Regurgitation in Taiwan by Ching-Hu Chung, Yu-Jen Wang, Chia-Ying Lee

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Long-term outcome of isolated mitral valve repair versus replacement for degenerative mitral regurgitation in propensity-matched patientsCentral MessagePerspective by Takashi Kakuta, MD, Defen Peng, PhD, Matthew S. Yong, MD, PhD, Peter Skarsgard, MD, Richard Cook, MD, Jian Ye, MD

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Novel 3D Echocardiographic Technique for Mitral Calcium Mapping by Francesca Romana Prandi, Francesco Romeo, Francesco Barillà, Samin Sharma, Annapoorna Kini, Stamatios Lerakis

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Left cardiac chambers after implantation of mitral valve prostheses “MIX”, “MEDINGE-2”, “KemCor”, and “PeriCor” by N. V. Rogulina, I. N. Sizova, E. V. Gorbunova

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Outcomes after Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation: A Literature Review by George Samanidis, Meletios Kanakis, Konstantinos Perreas

“…Mitral valve disease is the most common heart valve disease worldwide. …”
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Evaluation of the functional capacity in dogs with naturally acquired heart disease by C.F. Agudelo, P. Schanilec

“…Both groups of dogs with mitral valve disease walked shorter distances during 6 min (control 448.92 m; ME-1: 406.89 m; ME-2: 350.04 m). …”
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A survey on dogs with valvular disease flying to Japan for operation by Arane Takahashi, Sayaka Takeuchi, Ayaka Chen, Masami Uechi

“…Abstract In small-breed dogs, myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common disease which may lead to chronic heart failure. …”
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Dynamic cervical lung lobe herniation in a Shih Tzu dog by T. S. Y., Joanne, Lim, M. L., Asnawi, O., Shamsul, M. A. H., Khor, Kuan Hua

“…Echocardiographic examination revealed myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) with mild regurgitation. Based on diagnostic imaging, this case was diagnosed as dynamic lung lobe herniation secondary to chronic coughing concurrent with myxomatous mitral valve disease. …”
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Vertebral Heart Scale for the Brittany Spaniel: Breed-Specific Range and Its Correlation with Heart Disease Assessed by Clinical and Echocardiographic Findings by Anthony Kallassy, Elodie Calendrier, Nora Bouhsina, Marion Fusellier

“…The VHS in the dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease was 11.9 ± 1.1 v. With a threshold value of 11.1 vertebrae, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values for diagnosing a cardiomegaly are 90%, 72%, 53% and 96%, respectively.…”
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Rheumatic mitral valve surgery in low ejection fraction patients by Ahmed M Omran, Ahmed Kamel, Mohamed Roshdy, Emad El Sarawy

“…Objective Although, in Mitral valve disease, ischemic heart disease and degenerative etiology have the upper hand in developing countries, rheumatic fever still predominates in developing countries including Egypt. …”
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Clinical significance and postoperative outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation in mitral valve surgery by Devvrat Desai, Deepti Kakkar

“…Atrial fibrillation is the most common tachyarrhythmia associated with mitral valve disease, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Huge Left Atrium Accompanied by Normally Function- ing Prosthetic Valve by Feridoun Sabzi

“…However, a huge left atrium is usually associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease but is very rare in a normally functioning prosthetic mitral valve, as was the case in our patient. …”
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Mitral Annular Disjunction in Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: Prevalence, Clinical Profile and Echocardiographic Features at Tertiary Cardiac Care Centre, Rawalpindi by Mutahir Abbas Virk, Muhammad Bilal Siddique, Usman Iqbal, Sajjad Ahmed, Syed Ali Shiram, Adeel Ahmed, Syed Khurram Shahzad, Ayesha Sana, Hussain Yousaf

“… Objective: To determine the prevalence of Echocardiographically-recognizable Mitral Annular Disjunction in patients of Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease/Mitral Leaflet Prolapse. Study design: Analytical Cross sectional . …”
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Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease by Diana A. Mendonça, Jonimar P. Paiva, Fabiana Knackfuss, Alexandre Bendas, Bruno Alberigi

“…Of these, 15.4% had arrhythmias, 95.6% had diagnoses of heart disease, 61.1% (55/90) were diagnosed with mitral valve disease, and 27.8% (25/90) had dilated cardiomyopathies. …”
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Assessing functional mitral regurgitation with exercise echocardiography: rationale and clinical applications by Bovenzi Francesco, Cortigiani Lauro, Bigi Riccardo, Fiorentini Cesare

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Secondary or functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) represents an increasing feature of mitral valve disease characterized by abnormal function of anatomically normal leaflets in the context of the impaired function of remodelled left ventricles. …”
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Progression of valve heart disease in a cohort of patients undergoing renal replacement therapy by Maria Eduarda Cavalcanti Tompson, José Arthur Viana de Oliveira Pimentel, Manuella de Amorim Silva, Marcelo Antônio Oliveira Santos-Veloso, Andrea Bezerra de Melo da Silveira Lordsleem, Sandro Gonçalves de Lima

“…Significance was defined as p < 0.05. Results: Mitral valve disease was present in 82.5% (240) of patients, followed by aortic valve disease (65.6%; 86). …”
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Clinical presentation and pattern of cardiac involvement in patients with rheumatic heart disease: A prospective observational study by M Arjun, D Rajasekhar, Alladi Mohan, Abha Chandra, B Vijayalakshmi Devi, Sai Lahari Sangaraju

“…Among patients with mitral valve disease (n = 116), MS was severe in 62 (51.6%). …”
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Fatores preditivos de reversão a ritmo sinusal após intervenção na valva mitral em pacientes com fibrilação atrial crônica by Claudia MARATIA, Renato A. K KALIL, João Ricardo M SANT'ANNA, Paulo R PRATES, Orlando C WENDER, Guaracy F TEIXEIRA FILHO, Rogério ABRAHÃO, Flávio P OLIVEIRA, Ivo A NESRALLA

“…<br>Rheumatic mitral valve disease may lead to atrial fibrillation due to anatomical and functional disorders of the left atrial myocardium. …”
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