.../licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Mitral annular disjunction Mitral valve prolapse Ventricular tachycardia Mitral valve surgery Mitral regurgitation Abstract Background and Aims Mitral...

... considered a benign entity, Takotsubo syndrome can be a life-threatening condition, with a mortality risk similar to patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. Mitral valve surgery may serve as a trigger for Takotsubo syndrome and should be considered as a potential differential diagnosis...

... of consciousness, and successfully underwent emergency mitral valve surgery without extension of the preoperative cerebral embolic complication or worsening of neurological symptoms. Discussion Mitral valve surgery can be performed successfully in patients with mitral valve endocarditis and cerebral embolism...

...Christine Holgersson; Lauge Østergaard; Eva Havers-Borgersen; Anna Stahl; Katra Hadji-Turdeghal; Amna Alhakak; Marianne Voldstedlund; Morten Smerup; Christian Torp-Pedersen; Lars Køber; Emil Loldrup Fosbøl BacteremiaBacteraemia Infective endocarditis Mitral valve surgery Aortic valve surgery...

... journals.permissions@oup.com Several studies, including two randomized trials, analysed the issue in subsequent years. A summary of the main evidence available is provided by a recent meta-analysis, ⁵ which compares a total of 11 533 patients who underwent mitral valve surgery and contemporary tricuspid...

... surgery. Graphical Abstract Graphical Abstract adverse outcome concomitant aortic and mitral valve surgery right ventricular remodelling right ventricular function Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen 10.13039/501100012151 SZSM201911020 HKU-SZH 10.13039/501100022411 Shenzhen Key...

... of LARS by speckle tracking echocardiography is associated with long-term outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve repair for severe primary MR. Methods and results Echocardiography was performed prior to mitral valve surgery in 566 patients (age 64 ± 12years, 66% men) with severe primary MR...

...-to-edge repair Mitral valve surgery Myocardial infarction Acute or sub-acute mitral regurgitation (MR) may develop in the setting of myocardial infarction (MI) as a result of papillary muscle rupture that requires urgent surgical intervention or due to the rapid remodelling of the infarcted left...

... sites for ablative therapy. Atrial fibrillation Sinus rhythm High-resolution epicardial mapping Cardiac electrophysiology Mitral valve disease Mitral valve surgery Voltage mapping What’s new? Even in sinus rhythm, advanced atrial remodelling in mitral valve disease patients shows marked inter...

... a mitral valve surgery. Case summary  We present the case of a 79-year-old woman, with background of atrial fibrillation and a left atrial appendage closure device, who was admitted for elective mitral valve replacement, because of asymptomatic severe primary mitral regurgitation. Biologic mitral valve...

... due to loss of S-wave amplitudes and decreased CV. This suggests that SP morphology could provide additional information on wavefront propagation. Atrial fibrillation Sinus rhythm High-resolution epicardial mapping Cardiac electrophysiology Mitral valve disease Mitral valve surgery The study...

... serve as one treatment option for an eclipsed MR. Eclipsed MR Transient acute mitral regurgitation Mitral valve surgery Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Case report Learning points Eclipsed mitral regurgitation (MR) can cause a life-threatening condition, such as cardiogenic shock; therefore, early...

... for interventions are appropriate in most patients with primary MR, but are unexpectedly frequent for secondary MR. These gaps identify important targets for future educational programs. Educational needs assessment Guidelines Mitral regurgitation Mitral valve surgery Transcatheter mitral valve therapy...

...Louise Bagge; Johan Probst; Steen M Jensen; Per Blomström; Stefan Thelin; Anders Holmgren; Carina Blomström-Lundqvist What’s new? This is the first double-blinded randomized study comparing quality-of-life (QOL) after mitral valve surgery (MVS) combined with epicardial left atrial...

...Carlo Rostagno; Sandro Gelsomino; Pier Luigi Stefàno; Luigi Padeletti Spontaneous sinus rhythm recovery occurs rarely in patients with pre-operative atrial fibrillation (AF) and mitral valve disease who undergo mitral valve surgery. ¹ In their review, Lee et al. ²...

... suggests that the use of bipolar clamp improves long-term results in surgical treatment of AF and that right-sided ablation should be routinely added. Randomized studies are necessary to confirm our findings. Atrial fibrillation Mitral valve surgery Surgical ablation What's new? Long-term efficacy...

... Kubo SH , Acorn Trial Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators . Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: insights from the acorn clinical trial . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 ; 132 : 568 – 577 , 577 e561–e564 . 7 Bishay ES McCarthy PM Cosgrove DM Hoercher KJ...

... in deliberating surgical management, which significantly reduced mortality in older patients and HF in younger patients. Mitral regurgitation Ageing Congestive heart failure Atrial fibrillation Outcome Mitral valve surgery The prevalence of mitral regurgitation (MR) in the population is strongly linked...

... was performed in one out of four cases of reintervention in this study, thereby allowing for postponement of surgery in a substantial number of patients. Mitral stenosis Balloon commissurotomy Mitral valve surgery Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the reference treatment for mitral stenosis...

...], and heart failure [adjusted HR 1.70 (1.10–2.62) P = 0.018]. Mitral valve surgery at any time during follow-up (performed in 325 patients, 75%) was beneficial [adjusted HR for death 0.22 (0.14–0.36) P < 0.001], but PH was associated with the increased risk of postoperative death and CVD...