Surge in geriatric population coupled with infection and calcification diseases along with technological advancements and introduction of novel mitral valves fuel the growth of the global ...
Impact of sex on in-hospital mortality and 90-day readmissions in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR): Analysis from the nationwide readmission database.
In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral-valve replacement, pure or predominant mitral regurgitation could not consistently be relieved by operation, and although it was clear that ...
Therefore, it was determined that a transcatheter mitral valve repair using the Mitraclip procedure was necessary. This is considered as a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery for such ...
Patients eligible for TAVR require imaging to precisely measure the size of the aortic annulus in order to determine the correct transcatheter valve size. The iliofemoral arterial system is ...
Led by program director Marcella Calfon Press, M.D., Ph.D., associate clinical professor of cardiology, UCLA’s Transcatheter Mitral Valve/TEER Program has completed over 200 TEER procedures ...