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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral & Tricuspid Center

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Kodali, MD, pictured here, is one of the members of its leadership team, and director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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AHA Raises Awareness on HVD

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22, 2025More than 60,000 people die from heart valve disease (HVD) in the U.S. each year, according to the American Heart Association 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. This year on Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day (Feb. tim.hodson Tue, 03/04/2025 - 14:11 Feb.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Providing State-of-the-Art Medtronic APOLLO Clinical Trial Treating Heart Valve Disease

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Many patients with symptoms of mitral regurgitation are not candidates for open heart surgery due to their advanced age or competing comorbidities, nor are they candidates for the only alternative, the MitraClip device. Your heart has four valves that move blood in and out of its four chambers.

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Spotlight on Advancements in Mitral Valve Repair, Research

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Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. In the past, heart surgeons corrected a faulty mitral valve by replacing it with an artificial one during open-heart surgery.

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Cardiologists publish case series study on heart valve procedure

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However, larger prospective studies in high-risk population are needed to confirm the findings.

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Rheumatic heart valve disease: navigating the challenges of an overlooked autoimmune disorder

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This autoimmune condition arises from a complex continuum that begins with repeated Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, leading to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) that eventually results in damage to the heart, mainly affecting the mitral valve.

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Case Report: Rare cardiovascular characteristics of tuberous sclerosis complex with novel TSC2 variant

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The co-occurrence of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with TSC is exceedingly rare.Case summaryWe report the case of a 26-year-old woman with genetically confirmed TSC, harboring a novel pathogenic variant in the TSC2 gene. multi-system characteristics of TSC were also presented, affecting skin, brain, lung, kidney, and bone.