General description of procedure, equipment, technique Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), also known as percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy, has become the procedure of choice ...

TCT 730: Leaflet Modification Without General Anesthesia or TEE in High-Risk TAVR: A Conscious Sedation Approach Using BASILICA and UNICORN Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations ...

• Mitral valve repair remains a feasible option for appropriately selected rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients requiring reintervention after prior percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) ...

What to do for a woman in her mid-20s who presented with shortness of breath on exertion that had been bothering her for the past 2 years? That's what Praveen Gupta, DM, of the Praveen Heart Clinic ...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein, advanced to ...

Mitral-valve repair can be accomplished with an investigational procedure that involves the percutaneous implantation of a clip that grasps and approximates the edges of the mitral leaflets at the ...

Mitral valve can be either replaced or repaired in patients with moderate to severe valve stenosis. Repair can be done during cardiac catheterization. A balloon catheter is placed at the mitral valve ...

TCT 11: Safety and outcome of wire assisted mitral valve crossing in difficult left ventricular entry of balloon in percutaneous transluminal mitral balloon valvotomy. Receive the the latest news, ...

Several advances have been made in interventional cardiology, particularly in the field of valvular heart disease. Among the procedures for which technologies are available, percutaneous replacement ...

Doctors at an Ajman hospital perform balloon mitral valvuloplasty to get a Filipina resident back on her feet Chona Umayam Manalo can breathe easy now thanks to the expert team of doctors at Thumbay ...