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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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Aortic Valve Replacement Substantially Underutilized for Severe Aortic Stenosis
Shawn X. Li, MD, MBA, Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, and colleagues warn that the marked and rapid growth in the annual volume of aortic valve replacements being performed has been paralleled by equally rapid growth in the number of patients with severe aortic stenosis and an indication for the procedure.
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Studies Investigate Transfemoral Mitral Valve Replacement
Massachusetts General Hospital is among the first in the U.S. to perform two different novel transfemoral mitral valve replacement procedures to treat mitral regurgitation.
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New-onset Late AF Is Uncommon After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
The risk of late-onset atrial fibrillation after surgical aortic valve replacement is only 4%, according to a study by Thoralf M. Sundt, MD, Chin Siang Ong, MBBS, PhD, and colleagues. Prophylactic tissue ablation or ligation/amputation of the left atrial appendage may not be warranted at the time of surgery.
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
Director of the Echocardiography Lab, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Tricuspid Regurgitation Uncommon After Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation But Tied to Cardiac Events
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Robert A. Levine, MD
Senior Physician, Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Recent Article
Cilia Defects During Fetal Development Can Cause Mitral Valve Prolapse -
Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Quality Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Recent Article
Review: Optimal Anticoagulation After Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Director, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service, Mass General Brigham
Recent Article
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