High-volume centres achieve excellent long-term survival and low reoperation rates in mitral valve repair—key findings ...

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 ...

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 ...