New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...
Medicare beneficiaries with emphysema who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery faced elevated ...
Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...
RESULTS: After balloon valvuloplasty, the systolic pressure gradient across the pulmonic valve decreased from 91 +/- 46 mm Hg to 38 +/- 32 mm Hg (P < 0.001), and the diameter of the pulmonic-valve ...
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4 In rheumatic MR, the valve is generally fibrotic, calcified and immobile, and therefore the ROA is fixed. However, in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy or myxomatous degeneration, ROA can vary ...