Reconsideration of echocardiographic standards for mitral valve prolapse: lack of association between leaflet displacement isolated to the apical four chamber view and independent echo-cardiographic evidence of abnormality. The effects of mitral annuloplasty rings on mitral valve complex 3D geometry during acute left ven-tricular ischemia. A et al. Reoperation for failure of mitral valve repair...

global myocardial ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury are potential adverse events related with cardioplegic arrest. beating heart surgery has avoided such complications and adapted to valve surgery following successful results published on myocardial revascularization. difficulty in weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass may be lessened by using on-pump beating heart surgery for mitral valve...

even in that cases, the basal portion of the muscular IVS is spared. Our patient had a well defined aneurysm of the basal IVS which was contractile in nature. The mechanism behind the development of aneurysm in our case might be the eccentric jet of mitral stenosis constantly striking the basal IVS region. Aneurysmal deformity of the basal IVS secondary to impinging turbulent transprosthetic ec...

OBJECTIVE To assess the midterm follow-up of reduction aortoplasty with external wrapping associated with aortic valve replacement in high risk patients. METHODS Six patients with ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve disease were included in this study. Four of them were male. The age ranged from 61 to 70 years (mean 65.7 years). One patient presented severe mitral valve insufficiency. ...

A 48-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension was admitted with acute dyspnea and pyrexia. Echocardiographic examination revealed a dilated and volumeoverloaded left ventricle and severe mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendinae resulting in posterior leaflet prolapse. Blood cultures were negative. The patient was treated with antibiotics considering that he had a chest i...

The geometry of the mitral leaflets, most commonly viewed using three-dimensional ultrasound, is an important input for mechanical models predicting valve closure. Current methods for leaflet modeling from ultrasound either require extensive user interaction, rely on inaccurate assumptions, or produce generic results. The presented method for modeling the mitral leaflets from three-dimensional ...

abstract a 49-year-old man with lutembacher's syndrome associated with frontal meningioma referred to our hospital. he also suffered from exertional dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated mitral valve area of 1.48 cm2, moderate mitral stenosis, and left atrial dimension (lad) of 5.6 cm with no clot. tee revealed severe mitral stenosis, mitral valve area of 1.05 cm2 with wilki...

mitral valve replacement (mvr) is usually performed in two methods of running and interrupted suturing. in running method, the suturing of the valve is usually with some traction on the annulus and also there is a risk of aortic valve injury. this study was conducted to evaluate a new technique for suturing to avoid these complications and decrease the time of cardiac arrest. one hundred and se...