Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction Treatment with an Intravalvular Spacer | Zendy

Svensson Lars G. | Zendy; Ye Jian | Zendy; Piemonte Thomas C. | Zendy; KirkerHead Carl | Zendy; Leon Martin B. | Zendy; Webb John G. | Zendy

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Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction Treatment with an Intravalvular Spacer

Author(s) -

Svensson Lars G.,

Ye Jian,

Piemonte Thomas C.,

KirkerHead Carl,

Leon Martin B.,

Webb John G.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12453

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , regurgitation (circulation) , mitral regurgitation , body orifice , mitral valve , mitral valve regurgitation , balloon , surgery , anatomy

Attempts at transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation have generally been modeled on proven surgical procedures such as leaflet repair, annuloplasty, or prosthetic valve implantation. We introduce a novel approach to directly reducing the regurgitant orifice: the mitral valve spacer, a balloon that attempts to reduce the regurgitant orifice. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12453 (J Card Surg 2015;30:53–54)

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