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All were considered to have rheumatic valvular disease except for 1 patient with mitral regurgitation secondary to ruptured chordae tendinae. Aortic-valve disease severe enough to require ...

If there was one fault we could pick out with our canine companions, it’s the fact that they don’t live long enough. One day, ...

or with a tissue valve which typically comes from a cow or pig), mitral valve disease can typically be corrected by repairing the patient’s own native valve. Repair of the mitral or aortic valve ...

Building a Pet Emergency Fund. Amber Batteiger, PR and communications manager at Embrace Pet Insurance, emphasized the ...

The research demonstrated that variations in chromosome 22 may contribute to the individual severity of nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease and the risk for complications. Bicuspid aortic ...

ccf.org Contemporary indications for mitral valve repair in patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. Patient selection criteria for minimally invasive mitral valve repair. Technical mandates ...

It has been generally thought that significant elevations of the left atrial and pulmonary vascular pressures occur in patients with mitral regurgitation of sufficient severity to produce serious ...

However, there are key differences in the studies that make a 1:1 comparison difficult. For one, the patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial had less severe mitral valve regurgitation than did those in the ...

Based on the results from the MATTERHORN (A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Mitral Valve Reconstruction for Advanced Insufficiency of Functional ... comorbidities, LVEF, and the ...

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a small, affectionate dog known for its sweet temperament and elegant appearance. Unfortunately, due to overbreeding, this breed has become prone to several ...