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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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Ross Procedure Renaissance Widens Options for Patients
Cardiothoracic surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital use the complex Ross procedure to treat patients with aortic valve disease.
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TPVR Offers Lower-risk Option for Pulmonary Regurgitation
Massachusetts General Hospital performs advanced transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) to immediately relieve pulmonary regurgitation without open-heart surgery.
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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.
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
Treating Pericardial Disease
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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