THE Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has become the first health facility in Gauteng to successfully perform the MitraClip implants to mend leaking hearts.

His ejection fraction was critically low at just 10%, making him prone to severe mitral regurgitation, where blood leaks backward due to improper valve closure. Six months ago, he underwent a CRT ...

Direct aortic measurements using phase contrast allow quantitation of volumetric flow across the aortic valve and are highly reproducible ... This method is inaccurate if there is mitral regurgitation ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

is a viable alternative to surgical mitral valve repair for patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR). M-TEER was shown to be noninferior to surgery in terms of clinical efficacy and offered a ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised ... In severe symptomatic primary MR, valve intervention is considered.8 However, there is less ...

Conditions such as aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation are among the most common and often stem from the lingering impact of rheumatic heart disease. Aortic stenosis involves narrowing of the ...

Dr. Klassen has has worked on more claims relating to Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Disease and Mitral Valve Regurgitation than other providers in the area. At present, Dr. Klassen has ...

Dr. Mikkilineni has has worked on more claims relating to Angina, Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Syncope than other providers in the area. At present, Dr. Mikkilineni has received an average ...

FIGURE 1. Quantification parameters of the mitral annulus. The full blue curve represents the 3D saddle-shaped annulus, whereas the grey dashed curve represents the projection of the mitral annulus ...

Background: Functional Mitral Regurgitation (FMR) associated with coronary artery ... where the EDF phase was defined as the time step immediately prior to opening of the mitral valve. The LV and RV ...