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Assessment of longitudinal myocardial mechanics in patients with degenerative mitral valve regurgitation predicts postoperative worsening of left ventricular systolic function.
Dimosthenis Pandis, MD, Partho P. Sengupta, MD, Javier Castillo, MD, Guiseppe Caracciolo, MD, PhD, Gregory W. Fischer, MD, Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD, and David H. Adams, MD
The optimal timing of mitral valve repair (MVr) in patients with chronic severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) remains controversial and is broadly based on either measurable loss of systolic function, as determined by left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) and/or LV chamber remodeling. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the assessment of LV deformation by speckle-tracking echocardiography might uncover subclinical changes for predicting reduction of LVEF after MVr.
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Last Updated: Jan. 03, 2018
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Transapical NeoChord mitral valve repair
Andrea Colli, MD, David Adams, MD, Alessandro Fiocco, MD, Nicola Pradegan, MD, Lorenzo Longinotti, MD, Matteo Nadali, MD, Dimosthenis Pandis, MD, Gino Gerosa, MD -
Tricuspid valve surgery: repair and replacement
Ahmed El-Eshmawi, MD, Dimosthenis Pandis, MD, David H. Adams, MD, Gilbert H. Tang, MD -
Developing a mitral valve center of excellence
Ahmed El-Eshmawi, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Gilbert H.L. Tang, MD, David H. Adams, MD -
Prosthesis Type for Aortic- and Mitral-Valve Replacement
Joanna Chikwe, MD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, David H. Adams, MD