DALLAS, TX — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released an expert consensus decision pathway document on the management of mitral regurgitation (MR) [1]. Specifically, he said the document ...
Cardiologists and other health professionals tasked with handling chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) have a new tool to help manage patients with this complex condition. The American College of ...
Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from major meetings right to your inbox. TCTMD ® is produced by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation ® (CRF). CRF ® is committed to igniting ...
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0027 ...
HealthDay News — Identification of mitral regurgitation (MR) should prompt evaluation of its etiology, mechanism, severity, and indications for treatment, according to an expert consensus decision ...
The study, published in the March 3, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found that patients with an effective regurgitant orifice of 40 mm 2 or more have a significantly increased risk ...
Results Show Treatment Provides Clinical Benefits and Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Debilitating Mitral Valve Disease Who Are at Prohibitive Surgical Risk The MitraClip device, which ...
SAN DIEGO -- Percutaneous repair of the mitral valve improved key outcomes in moderate-to-severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation for heart failure patients who had exhausted pharmaceutical options, ...
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a serious heart condition that often requires corrective surgery. It is characterized by the backflow or "regurgitation" of blood from the heart's left ventricle into the ...
Background A 77-year-old man presented with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock. In the coronary care unit, the patient was initially ...
Management of asymptomatic patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation is controversial—conservative surveillance and early mitral valve repair have both been advocated as reasonable approaches on ...
The mitral valve is a complex structure encompassing the valve leaflets, annulus, chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles. 1 Primary mitral regurgitation is caused by a primary leaflet abnormality, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results