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Anaesthesia Management of Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation using Ultrasound Energy
Published 2013-03-01“…Atrial Fibrillation is commonly associated with Mitral Valve Disease. Valve replacement, associated with surgical correction of atrial fibrillation, is considered as a definitive cure for such condition. …”
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Giant left atrium: A review
Published 2012-01-01“…Giant left atrium is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0.3%, and following mainly rheumatic mitral valve disease. Although rheumatic heart disease represents the main cause of giant left atrium, other etiologies have been reported. …”
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Robotic mitral valve repair surgery: where do we go from here?
Published 2023-05-01“…Surgical mitral valve repair through median sternotomy has long presented the treatment of choice for degenerative mitral valve disease. In recent decades, minimal invasive surgical techniques have been developed and are now gaining widespread popularity. …”
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Transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement
Published 2020-09-01“…The review presents current data transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement, which is becoming an alternative method of managing mitral valve disease. Despite the fact that the transapical transcatheter approach is technically simpler, the transseptal method is less invasive. …”
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Free floating left atrial ball thrombus: a rare cause of stroke.
Published 2013“…We report a case of cardioembolic stroke as a result of free floating left atrial ball thrombus presenting as a complication of rheumatic mitral valve disease. This case highlights that, in all patients with a history of structural heart disease, atrial fibrillation, or rheumatic fever, prompt cardiac ultrasound to exclude free floating atrial thrombus is essential.…”
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Using Transcatheter Aortic Valve or Dedicated Devices: Current Evidence and Future Prospects
Published 2023-10-01“…As a result, it is indicated for patients with failing bioprothesis or surgical rings or mitral valve disease associated with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC), which furnishes the necessary foundation for valve anchoring. …”
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The evolution of technical prerequisites and local boundary conditions for optimization of mitral valve interventions—Emphasis on skills development and institutional risk performa...
Published 2023-07-01“…Adaptation to local conditions in terms of infrastructure, referrals and reimbursement, appears essential for the evolution of a complete mitral valve disease management program. Efficacy of institutional risk management performance (IRMP) and sufficient team skills should be embedded in an appropriate infrastructure that enables scale and offers complete and safe solutions for mitral valve disease. …”
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Caseous Mitral Annular Calcification Presenting as Retinal Artery Occlusion
Published 2023-02-01“…Conclusion Whilst a benign and rare variant of MAC, CMAC is associated with a range of pathologies, including mitral valve disease, arrhythmias, and systemic embolisation. …”
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Robotic mitral valve surgery
Published 2024-03-01“…Totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve repair is the least invasive surgical therapy for mitral valve disease. Robotic mitral valve surgery demonstrates faster recovery with shorter hospital stays, less morbidity, and equivalent mortality and mid-term durability compared to sternotomy. …”
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Repair of Double Orifice Left AV Valve (DOLAVV) with Endocardial Cushion Defect in Adult
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Parachute-like asymmetric mitral valve in an adult associated with congenital ophthalmic abnormality—A rare case diagnosed by multimodality imaging
Published 2018-05-01“…We discuss an adult case of parachute-like mitral valve that was previously diagnosed as rheumatic mitral valve disease and subsequently, using multimodality imaging, proved to be a parachute-like asymmetric mitral valve.…”
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Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease
Published 2012-12-01“…In the past, rheumatic mitral valve disease was the most common cause of PH in left heart disease; however, today it is more likely to be associated with hypertensive and/or ischaemic heart disease. …”
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GIANT LEFT ATRIUM WITH MECHANICAL MITRAL PROSTHESIS, SMALL PARAVALVULAR LEAK AND DISLOCATED PACEMAKER ELECTRODE
Published 2015-04-01“…Giant left atrium (GLA) is defined as those measuring larger than 8 cm and are typically found in patients who have rheumatic mitral valve disease with severe regurgitation. GLA is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0,3%.The patient usually presents with complaints of shortness of breath and/or dysphagia. …”
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Coming undone: a case of annuloplasty ring suture degeneration post mitral valve repair leading to recurrent severe MR
Published 2020-02-01“…Mitral valve repair is the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral valve disease with superior perioperative and long-term morbidity and mortality outcomes vs mitral valve replacement. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Hypertension From Combined Ventricular Septal Defect and Rheumatic MIitral Valve Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review
Published 2024-02-01“…We present a 26-year-old man with a large ventricular septal defect and rheumatic mitral valve disease who developed severe pulmonary hypertension that became complicated by atrial fibrillation and later sudden cardiac death.…”
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Microinvasive mitral valve surgery: Current status and status quo
Published 2023-04-01“…Surgical mitral valve repair, performed either through median sternotomy or minimal invasive approach, presents the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral valve disease. In dedicated centres, high repair and low complication rates have been established with excellent valve repair durability. …”
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Mitral degenerative valve leaflets suspected as primary valvular tumor: a case report
Published 2023-02-01“…During the surgery, the true lesion was found to be mitral valve leaflet prolapse due to degenerative mitral valve disease. Conclusion For individual patient, the best clinical decision not only needs the extensive application of echocardiography, but also needs the combination of clinical symptoms and more auxiliary examination.…”
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Heart valve disease gender difference in the era of transcatether treatment
Published 2023-02-01“…Although the calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is more frequent in men compared to women, the majority of AS patients over 80 years old are women, in whom fibrotic remodeling of aortic valve is typically found. Mitral valve disease is more common in women. However females are under-referred or delayed referrals to treatment, probably due to the absence of sex-based LV dimension values guiding surgical timing. …”
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Performance evaluation on mitral valve motion feature tracking using kanade-lucas-Tomasi (KLT) algorithm based eigenvalue measurement
Published 2019“…An experiment is carried out which covers the patient scanning who suffers from mitral valve disease. The performance of the method is validated by comparing the value of point track per frames. …”
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Handling Extensive Mitral Annular Calcification via a Minimally Invasive Right Mini-Thoracotomy Approach
Published 2023-02-01“…During the study period, 27 patients with mitral valve disease and associated mitral annular calcification were enrolled. …”
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