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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)