Based on the results from the MATTERHORN (A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Mitral Valve Reconstruction for Advanced Insufficiency of Functional or Ischemic Origin), transcatheter ...

However, there are key differences in the studies that make a 1:1 comparison difficult. For one, the patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial had less severe mitral valve regurgitation than did those in the ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

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 ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a progressive disease characterized by fibrosis, inflammation, calcification, and stiffening of the aortic valve leaflets, leading to disrupted blood flow. If untreated, ...

She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in which the valve between the heart and the main artery that carries blood to the rest of the body becomes ...

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 ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium.

Description Aortic stenosis occurs when the aortic valve, which separates the main pumping chamber of the heart from the circulation, becomes narrowed. This may reduce the flow of blood out of the ...

These cases represent subcohorts of patients with and without LV aneurysm and with severe and no mitral regurgitation (MR ... at a base size of 1 mm with a refinement to 0.25 mm in the valve region.

4 The MITHRAS trial (Closure of Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defects Following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair) is an investigator-initiated ... malignancy limiting survival <12 months, and anatomic ...