An unusual but often lethal complication of mitral valve replacement is rupture of the left ventricle. The two recognized types of rupture are discussed, and the literature and pathology are reviewed. It is stressed that this complication can be prevented, and the factors involved in prevention are outlined.
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Eur Heart J Open
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Precision Medicine Center, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel.
Aims: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common valvular disorder associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with a strong genetic basis. This study aimed to identify a mutation in a family with MVP and to characterize the valve phenotype in LTBP2 knockout (KO) mice.
Methods And Results: Exome sequencing and segregation analysis were performed on a large family with MVP.
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
March 2025
Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Introduction: The severity of mitral stenosis (MS) is commonly assessed using mitral valve area (MVA) measured with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The dimensionless index (DI) of mitral valve (MV) was recently studied in degenerative MS. We evaluated DI MV in rheumatic MS and studied its relationship with clinical outcomes.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, Narita, JPN.
Infectious intracranial aneurysms (IIAs) are rare lesions with fragile arterial walls located within the aneurysms, carrying a high risk of rupture. Standard management often involves antibiotic therapy and parent artery occlusion; however, the latter carries a significant risk of cerebral infarction. This report presents a case of an unruptured IIA following cerebral infarction, successfully treated with coil embolization while preserving the parent artery.
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February 2025
Center for Interventional Programs, UCLA Health System, and the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address:
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