This cohort study, called the Real-World Observational Study for Investigating the Prevalence and Therapeutic Options for Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation (REVEAL-AFMR), aimed to investigate the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of mitral valve (MV) surgery in atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR).
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Tricuspid
November 21, 2024
February 28, 2024
Recurrent tricuspid valve endocarditis is a difficult problem that is not uncommon. This video demonstrates how it can be solved with a CorMatrix graft.
November 28, 2023
In this CTSNet Innovation Video Competition winning video, the authors demonstrate how their experience with the use of the right atrial appendage for pulmonary valve position led them to design a technique to use the RAA valve for tricuspid valve replacement.
November 20, 2023
Recently, the Tricuspid Valve Academic Research Consortium (TVARC) released its first document, a consensus statement aimed at bridging the current knowledge gaps in the study of tricuspid regurgitation (TR).
November 1, 2023
Surgical tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) is associated with a high risk of postoperative atrioventricular (AV) block. However, placing pacemaker leads through a tricuspid bioprosthesis is discouraged since it might impair bioprosthesis function.
September 4, 2023
This is the clinical case of a totally endoscopic beating-heart second redo tricuspid valve replacement with a mechanical valve in a sixteen-year-old male patient.
March 31, 2023
Tricuspid valve (TV) treatment, at its current status, represents a real dilemma since different options are available but long-term results still to be seen and lots of new strategies are still to come.
February 12, 2023
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons published its newly developed short-term risk calculator of operative and thirty day risk specific to isolated mitral valve repair for primary mitral regurgitation and degenerative mitral etiology.
January 21, 2022
An editorial with some interest for the cardiothoracic surgeon, in particular the awareness of changes in the right vantricle during ECMO support , mostly drawn from the recent Covid experiences, and with a useful paragraph on veno-pulmonary arterial ECMO, discussing the uncoupling of RV and PA.
July 3, 2020
The authors make a brief overview of tricuspid regurgitation associated with congenital heart defects, including morphology, incidence and echocardiographic evaluation. The status quo of medical and surgical managements and outcomes are also comprehensively reviewed.