That V-shaped device clips the anterior and posterior leaflets together in the area of mitral regurgitation, producing a double orifice mitral valve. That usually takes care of the mitral ...

a patch of bovine pericardium is attached to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve to facilitate closure. Severe ischemic mitral regurgitation is a common and life-threatening complication of ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

or simply mitral regurgitation (MR)—the two flaps of the valve (called leaflets) do not shut completely, allowing blood to flow backward from the left ventricle into the left atrium. The leaky valve ...

Retract device toward mitral valve and capture leaflets. Assess reduction in MR immediately with transesophageal echocardiography, while the heart remains beating. Clip can be removed and ...

Background: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is common in women ... range of joint motion, and mitral leaflet excursion. Objective: To confirm whether adult women with MVP are more flexible and hypermobile ...

Many players — including me — got a bit of a jump scare Thursday evening while playing games on Steam in the form of a pop-up that said Valve updated the Steam Subscriber Agreement.

Anterior and posterior repair are minimally invasive procedures used to correct pelvic organs that have dropped out of their normal positions. When the tissues that support the pelvic organs become ...

Let’s not beat around the bush, we really don’t know for sure if there will be a new Valve Index or not, as the company hasn’t really said much one way or another as of late. There have been ...

The diagnosis of HCM was excluded by echocardiography in 819 (98%) on the basis of an LV wall thickness <12 mm, absence of systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet causing ...