Progress in cardiovascular diseases
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis · Nov 2017
ReviewMitral Valve Repair in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: State of the Art.
In industrialized countries, the most common etiology of mitral regurgitation (MR) is degenerative mitral valve (MV) disease. The natural history of severe degenerative MR is poor. ⋯ Surgical MV repair is the gold standard treatment. This review will focus on the most recent evidence with a specific emphasis on surgical indications, timing of treatment, contemporary surgical techniques, Heart Teams and Centers of Excellence.
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis · Nov 2017
ReviewMitral Valve-in-Valve/Ring and Other Percutaneous Treatments of Surgical Failures.
Re-do mitral valve surgery is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In recent years a variety of percutaneous repair techniques of surgical failures have emerged as safe and effective treatment options for several post-surgical problems including bioprosthetic mitral valve failure, prosthetic regurgitation or stenosis following annuloplasty, and periprosthetic regurgitation. This review will cover the indications, techniques and outcomes of these novel percutaneous therapies.