Mitral valve disease is a frequent cause of heart failure and death. Emerging evidence
indicates that the mitral valve is not a passive structure, but—even in adult life—remains …

Mitral regurgitation affects more than 2 million people in the USA. The main causes are
classified as degenerative (with valve prolapse) and ischaemic (ie, due to consequences of …

To diminish the learning curve associated with using swine as models, Swine in the
Laboratory: Surgery, Anesthesia, Imaging, and Experimental Techniques, Second Edition …

dysfunction, decreasing the leaflet closing force, 22 as opposed to PM wall tethering.
Conceivably, however, the acute PM wall displacement in that study was insufficient to …

Objectives: We studied the acute effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on
functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure (HF) patients with left bundle branch block …

Background—Patients who undergo ring annuloplasty for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR)
often have persistent or recurrent MR. This may relate to persistent leaflet tethering from left …

Novel apparatus and minimally invasive methods to treat The US PATENT DOCUMENTS
present invention provides methods and devices for gras**, 4,686,965 A* 8/1987 Bonnet …

Background: In severely symptomatic patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
(HCM) and mild septal hypertrophy, mitral valve (MV) abnormalities may play an important …

3D Echocardiography: A Review of the Current Status and Future Directions - Journal of the
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Mitral annuloplasty is the preferred surgical treatment for chronic ischemic mitral
regurgitation. Although this is usually successful, leaflet restriction by apical displacement of …