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Novel Therapeutic May Prevent Mitral Valve Damage After Heart Attack
Damage to the mitral valve after heart attack leads to HF and death. Treatment with hypertension drug may reduce mitral valve scaring and stiffening.
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Left Ventricular-Mitral Valve Ring Ratio May Predict Recurrent Mitral Regurgitation
Researchers found that a mismatch in left ventricular and mitral valve ring size can predict whether a patient is at a higher risk of recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair.
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Cardiac CT Mechanical Valve Prosthesis Dysfunction Diagnosis
A 27-year-old woman with history of type 1 truncus arteriosus presented with several months of progressive dyspnea for subspecialty ACHD care.
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Surgical Training Model Is Safe Despite Older Surgical Patients With More Complications
Massachusetts General Hospital Surgical Resident Training Model is deemed safe, even as its average surgical patient is older and has more complications.
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First Minimally-invasive Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in New England Performed at Mass General
Physicians at Mass General recently became the first team in New England to perform a transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a non-calcified mitral valve.
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Paradigm Shift in Mitral Valve Repair Management and Treatment
Chronic severe MR patients are without intervention until symptoms appear. Advances in minimally invasive procedures lead to successful earlier intervention.
Valvular Heart Disease contributors
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Jacob Dal-Bianco, MD
Cardiologist
Recent Article
Novel Therapeutic May Prevent Mitral Valve Damage After Heart Attack
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Judy Wei-Ming Hung, MD
Associate Director, Echocardiography, Division of Cardiology
Recent Article
#ACC18 Video: Scientific Session in Summary
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Robert A. Levine, MD
Senior Physician, Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Recent Article
Novel Therapeutic May Prevent Mitral Valve Damage After Heart Attack -
Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Quality Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Recent Article
First Minimally-invasive Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in New England Performed at Mass General
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Improving the Safety of Vena Caval Thrombectomy in Kidney Cancer with Tumor Thrombus Team Approach
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