Unlike valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis, PBMV is highly successful when the valve anatomy is favorable with a low rate of restenosis. Complications include residual mitral regurgitation ...

Indices have been developed that provide an improved means for evaluation of the degrees of severity of mitral stenosis and regurgitation. The severity of anatomic mitral valve disease found at ...

The term "mitral commissurotomy" has been suggested to designate a procedure in which the individual anatomic leaflets of the stenotic mitral valve are surgically separated ... was performed in 8 ...

The anatomic characteristics of the mitral valve in 70–80% of these patients ... have shown great success in the treatment of mitral stenosis, as well as for aortic and pulmonary valve ...

mitral stenosis atrial fibrillation transcatheter valve interventions ... smaller mitral valve area and more severe impairment of valve anatomy,25 26 all of which contribute to decreased event-free ...

restricted posterior mitral valve leaflet (PMVL) with an insignificant gradient of 3 mm Hg. Transoesophageal echocardiogram (TOE) revealed a large 3.0×1.5 cm anterior MV vegetation causing functional ...

Rheumatic valvular disease is responsible for aortic stenosis on occasion. In this setting, rheumatic mitral valve disease ... for each stage consider valve anatomy, hemodynamics, changes in ...

is the first-line therapy for managing rheumatic mitral stenosis. Over the past two decades, the indications of the procedure have expanded to include patients with unfavourable valve anatomy as a ...

These observations expanded the use of epoprostenol to patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, but the use of epoprostenol to treat pulmonary hypertension associated with surgically corrected ...

anatomical variation in the conduction pathways resulting in trauma during catheter manipulation, spread of calcification from associated adjacent organic tricuspid valve disease, or as yet unclear ...

Since initial FDA approval in 2011, TAVR has revolutionized the management of severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis ... In 2023, UCLA received the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from ...

Percutaneous valve interventions have shown great success in the treatment of mitral stenosis, as well as for aortic and pulmonary valve replacements (e.g., SAPIEN [Edwards, CA, USA], CoreValve ...