Cardiac and operative characteristics of patients with papillary fibroelastoma. The aortic valve was the most common site of origin (six patients). In two cases, the mitral valve was involved. One ...

A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears actually activates when we strain to hear something. Our ape ancestors lost the ability to pivot their ears when they diverged ...

Diagnosis: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in conjunction with coronary artery disease. Management: Surgical excision of the mobile lesion and an end-to-side anastomosis of the left ...

Based on the results from the MATTERHORN (A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Mitral Valve Reconstruction for Advanced Insufficiency of Functional or Ischemic Origin), transcatheter ...

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 ...

However, the tricuspid valve system has some specific challenges for transcatheter interventions: (i) it has complex subvalvular components including multiple chordae tendinae and papillary muscles ..

Valve deployment using this approach requires a perpendicular deployment at the level of the mitral annulus. Once the apex is located, CT can identify the position of the papillary muscles, coronary ...

The mitral valve, papillary muscles, left ventricle, aortic annulus and valve need to be fully evaluated. A hypoplastic, parachute or arcade mitral valve, even in the presence of a good size left ...