This content is machine translated Interventional therapy methods Focus on functional mitral valve regurgitation Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), unlike primary mitral regurgitation, is caused by ventricular dysfunction. Since it is always a consequence of left ventricular disease, optimal drug therapy for heart failure is…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Heart valve defect Minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction After aortic valve stenosis, mitral valve regurgitation is the second most common valvular defect. It can usually be corrected by reconstruction of the native valve.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Chronic heart failure MitraClips: What do studies say? The use of percutaneous mitral valve repair using a MitraClip device for the treatment of (moderately) severe functional mitral regurgitation is controversial. Previous studies were either terminated due to insufficient…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multivalvular heart disease Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Valve Regurgitation – Diagnosis and Therapy Multivalvular heart disease is a common condition whose incidence will continue to increase as a result of demographic change. A combination of aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation is most common.…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Interventional treatment of mitral valve regurgitation MitraClip, Mitral Annuloplasty and Valve Replacement Interventional treatment of mitral regurgitation has become increasingly important in recent years. Important advances in catheter technology as well as imaging now allow us to treat patients who until recently…
