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In vivo mitral valve repair for the transplanted donor heart in orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

A 53-year-old woman with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent orthotopic heart transplantation. The donor heart was evaluated as normal preoperatively without mitral regurgitation or the.

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Abstract 4144084: Enhanced External Counterpulsation as a Novel Treatment for Heart Transplant Candidates with Ischemic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Circulation

A transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) revealed a dilated LV with an EF of 20%, left atrial enlargement, severe mitral regurgitation, moderate tricuspid regurgitation, right ventricular systolic pressure of 42 mm HG, trivial pericardial effusion, akinesis of the inferior wall, and hypokinesis of the anterior wall.

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Duke Health team performs world's 1st living mitral valve replacement

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

based Duke Health has performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement after a heart transplant patient donated healthy valves from their original heart to two other patients. A team from Durham, N.C.-based

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Left ventricular assist device and transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair in advanced heart failure: allies or enemies?

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

On the contrary, the use of transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) has exponentially increased over the past decade, expanding its potential use even in patients on the heart transplantation waiting list.

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Single-cell RNA sequencing and ATAC sequencing identify novel biomarkers for bicuspid aortic valve-associated thoracic aortic aneurysm

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

To improve our understanding of BAV pathogenesis, we characterized the cellular composition of BAV tissues and identified molecular changes in each cell population.MethodsTissue samples from two patients with BAV and two heart transplant donors were analyzed using single-cell RNA sequencing, assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing, (..)

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The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

With her fellowship, Dr. Fiedler plans to learn skills and administrative approaches that will help her expand the heart transplant program at UW-Madison, where she currently serves as associate director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.

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What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

In the process, improving the ejection fraction and possibly reducing mitral regurgitation. Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment. It works on the principle of aggregating mechanically wasted and disorganized myocardial contractile force into a coherent forward pushing activity.