The Cardiac Dimensions Carillon Mitral Contour System is a minimally invasive mitral regurgitation therapy made possible by nitinol.

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

Introduction: The mitral valve annulus naturally adopts a saddle shape in systole, likely concentrating systolic stress on the commissures where fibrous trigones are located. This study hypothesized ...

the line of coaptation in the mitral valve is destroyed. If the ventricle dilates, if you think about it, the annulus pulls apart and all of a sudden coaptation no longer can occur. Or ...

For transcatheter mitral valve replacement, a common contraindication is the risk of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, particularly in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation, ...

Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR ... and atrial functional TR (AFTR), resulting from atrial dilation and tricuspid annular enlargement. Among patients with moderate or severe TR ...

2 Eligible patients had an aortic valve annulus area of ≤430 mm as measured by computed tomography, and suitable anatomy for transfemoral TAVR with both an Evolut PRO/PRO+/FX or a SAPIEN 3™/3 ...

Using image recognition algorithms, aortic and mitral valve disease states have been directly ... 22–24 In addition, segmentation can be performed of the valve annulus, leaflets/cusps, jets and ...

Marks, Joseph H. — Roentgenologist, Truesdale Hospital, Fall River, Mass. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 436.