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A Look at February's Top 10

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Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society 2. Research Study on Novel Rehab Program for Heart Failure Patients, Led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Expands to Advocate Health Site in Chicago 9. Ohio State First in Central Ohio to Use Novel Heart Failure Therapy 10.

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FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Abbott’s First-of-its-kind Triclip System to Treat People with a Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve

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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair is Cost-Effective in Heart Failure Patients TAVR Expected to See Rapid Growth in Next 5 years FDA Clears Abbott Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder to Reduce Stroke in People With Atrial Fibrillation Portico TAVR System Found Safe and Effective for High-Risk Surgical Patients Portico TAVR System Reduces Severe (..)

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New Treatment Options Available for Patients with Tricuspid Valve Disease

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Raj Makkar, MD: Tricuspid regurgitation is a condition where the tricuspid valve fails to close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the right atrium. How has treatment for tricuspid valve disease evolved?

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Heart–brain interaction in cardiogenic dementia: pathophysiology and therapeutic potential

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This study describes the changes in cognitive function associated with coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and heart valve disease. An updated understanding of the two known pathogenic mechanisms of cardiogenic dementia is presented and discussed.

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Mechanical valve replacement for patients with rheumatic heart disease: the reality of INR control in Africa and beyond

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The majority of patients requiring heart valve replacement in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) need it for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Cases of patients with clotted valves presenting for emergency surgery as a consequence of poor adherence to anticoagulation control are frequent.

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Relation Between Stroke and Heart Disease

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Similar clot formation can also occur when there is obstruction to a heart valve. Another type of heart disease which leads to stroke is an abnormal rhythm of the heart known as atrial fibrillation. In atrial fibrillation, there is a fast irregular rhythm originating in the upper chambers of the heart.

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Rheumatic Heart Disease

Global Cardiac Surgery

million people suffer from rheumatic heart disease (RHD), with an additional 47 million living with asymptomatic damage to their heart valves, as a result of earlier acute rheumatic fever. RHD is the most commonly acquired heart disease for people under 25 years old and over 1.2 Although largely preventable, 33.4