Mitral valve

SOLACI CACI 2017 | New horizons in percutaneous mitral valve implantation

Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Eduardo...

MitraClip: Should We Intervene Earlier?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Repairing the mitral valve with Mitraclip has become an alternative for high risk or inoperable symptomatic patients,...

Mitral Valve Global Registry: transcatheter mitral valve replacement due to native valve disease

Courtesy of the SBHCI. The risk of surgical mitral valve replacement in patients with significant annular calcification is...

Bad prognosis for post-MitraClip mitral valve stenosis: how do we proceed?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava The EVEREST II trial showed the MitraClip had similar mortality rate to that...

Percutaneous Repair of Paravalvular Leaks After TAVR: The Challenge of Identifying Eligible Subjects

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. This study enrolled 72 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with an Edwards Sapiens valve,...

MitraClip: Impact of Sinus Rhythm and Heart Rate

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Atrial fibrillation (AF) and fast heart rate (>70 lpm) have been shown to...

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement for Severe Mitral Regurgitation: A Global Study

Symptomatic mitral regurgitation is associated with high morbidity and mortality that can be alleviated partly by surgical...

Mitral Annuloplasty with a Cardioband Device: Effective in Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Both surgical and medical treatment options for functional mitral regurgitation are limited. The Cardioband system (Valtech Cardio, OrYehuda, Israel) is a...