Browsing by Subject "Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation"
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Discordance in Grading Methods of Aortic Stenosis by Pre-Cardiopulmonary Bypass Transesophageal Echocardiography.
(Anesth Analg, 2016-04)BACKGROUND: Current guidelines define severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) as an aortic valve area (AVA) ≤1.0 cm by the continuity equation and mean gradient (ΔPm) ≥ 40 mm Hg. However, these measurements can be discordant when ... -
Neurological injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: are the trees falling silently or is our hearing impaired?
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Pulmonic Valve Disease: Review of Pathology and Current Treatment Options.
(Current cardiology reports, 2017-09-16)Our review is intended to provide readers with an overview of disease processes involving the pulmonic valve, highlighting recent outcome studies and guideline-based recommendations; with focus on the two most common ... -
Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Right-sided Valve Disease in Congenital Heart Patients.
(Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2018-09-17)Pulmonary and/or tricuspid valve dysfunction is common among individuals with congenital heart disease, and surgical intervention often carries prohibitive risks. Transcatheter valve replacement (TVR) of the right-sided ... -
Trends in Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis and Heart Valve Surgery, 2007 to 2017: A Study of Statewide Discharge Data.
(Annals of internal medicine, 2019-01)Background:Drug use-associated infective endocarditis (DUA-IE) is increasing as a result of the opioid epidemic. Infective endocarditis may require valve surgery, but surgical treatment of DUA-IE has invoked controversy, ... -
Two Cases of Late Shone Syndrome With Pulmonary Hypertension: Heart-Lung Transplant or Valve Surgery?
(World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg, 2016-01)Two cases of Shone syndrome with severe mitral and aortic valve problems and pulmonary hypertension were referred for heart-lung transplantation. Severely elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was confirmed as was ... -
Using a Regent Aortic Valve in a Small Annulus Mitral Position Is a Viable Option.
(The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2018-04)BACKGROUND:Outcome of mitral valve replacement in extreme scenarios of small mitral annulus with the use of the Regent mechanical aortic valve is not well documented. METHODS:Records were examined in 31 consecutive patients ... -
When 'blue babies' grow up: What you need to know about tetralogy of Fallot.
(Cleve Clin J Med, 2010-11)Most babies born with tetralogy of Fallot undergo corrective surgery and survive to adulthood. However, as they get older they are prone to a number of long-term problems, and they often do not receive expert-level follow-up ...
