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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. million Americans have moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation. to receive the device.

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AISAP’s CARDIO AI-powered Diagnostic Assessment Software Receives FDA Clearance

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It marks a big step in our goal of delivering point-of-care assisted diagnosis, or POCAD, with unparalleled scalability and accessibility – from the largest academic centers to the most remote rural locations,” added Ehud Raanani, MD, co-founder, AISAP, and director, Leviev Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Sheba Medical Center.

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Gilbert H. L. Tang Appointed Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Case Reports

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“It is going to be an exciting time for JACC: Case Reports to build on a team of multidisciplinary cardiovascular practitioners with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and at different stages of their professional careers, to enhance the journal’s academic and educational impact globally.”

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Atrial dilatation in Atrial fibrillation : A query with multiple twists!

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

However, underlying lesions such as hypertension, mitral valve disease, COPD, ASD, and TR greatly influence the degree of atrial enlargement. This is similar to MR begets MR. Atrial functional MR occurs when the lower part of the atria stretches the mitral annulus. Is there proof for this, or just an academic gossip?

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Can we differentiate “Sarcomeric vs non Sarcomeric HCM” by Echocardiography ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Boyangzi Li, Cardiac AA amyloidosis in a patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Pathology, Volume 48, 2020, ) A comment on deep genetic profiling Genetic studies in HOCM are academically exciting.Professionally gratifying. Amyloid -HCM coexistence Medical pathology is never a pure science.It

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Gilbert H. L. Tang Appointed Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Case Reports

DAIC

“It is going to be an exciting time for JACC: Case Reports to build on a team of multidisciplinary cardiovascular practitioners with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and at different stages of their professional careers, to enhance the journal’s academic and educational impact globally.”

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What is “functional” in functional MR ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

This happens in spite of normal mitral leaflets and intrinsically normal mitral valve apparatus. Image source : Barbara Brzeziska and Krystyna oboz-Grudzie from the Book : Structural Insufficiency Anomalies in Cardiac Valves Mechanism of functional mitral regurgitation. (A) Why fight with nomenclature ? 2019 ) Reference 1.