Conservative surgical management of mitral insufficiency: an alternative approach.

Conservative Management of Mitral Insufficiency — An Alternative Approach

Surgical Treatment of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Lesions in Children and Adolescents

Rheumatismal lesions of the mitral valve a!I'e rare under the age of six and surgical iruter­vention in symptomatic patients is an academic problem. Early surgical treatment has been done to prevent serious changes and unrevers­ib1e complications o.f the heart and lungs.  From April 71 until April 74, thirty-five pati­ent, ranging between 8-18 years of age, suffer­ing of <lifferents heart ,tro...

Survival of transcatheter mitral valve repair compared with surgical and conservative treatment in high-surgical-risk patients.

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to compare survival between transcatheter mitral valve (MV) repair using MitraClip system (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California), MV-surgery, and conservative treatment in high-surgical-risk patients symptomatic with severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR). BACKGROUND Up to 50% of patients with symptomatic severe MR are denied for surgery due to high p...

بررسی پیامدهای دو روش جراحی و انتظاری در درمان سقط‌های ناکامل اوایل حاملگی

Background and Objective: Abortions are the most common complications of pregnancy. This study was conducted to figure out primary outcomes of surgical and conservative management of incomplete abortions in early pregnancy. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in Mousavi and Vali Asr hospitals of Zanjan in 2008-2009. 48 women with incomplete abortions were divided into two groups b...

Acute Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Papillary Muscle Tear: Is Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair a New Paradigm?

Severe mitral regurgitation (MR) secondary to papillary muscle tear is an infrequent but overwhelmingly morbid and often fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction occurring in 1% to 3% of patients. In-hospital mortality without surgical correction can approach 80%; however, even with surgical correction, papillary muscle tear carries a mortality rate between 19% and 53%. While considera...