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This represents a rare form of mitral annular calcification of uncertain pathophysiology. Because the caseating calcification of the mitral valve ring caused no symptoms (mitral valve failure ...

US-based 4C Medical has enrolled the first patients in a pivotal trial for its transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) ...

The fully automated method could increase clinical workflow efficiency and potentially aid trial enrollment, says Martin ...

In this series of 100 cases 8 patients had previously undergone mitral surgery (Table 6). All had previously been handled by the digital method. Seven were found to have calcification in the ...

They found no significant differences in serum phosphate, calcium, calcium X phosphate product, or intact parathyroid hormone levels in patients with or without mitral annular calcification ...

The anatomical association of the coronary sinus with the posterior mitral annulus is imperfect and these two entities are not coplanar. [19] In the majority of patients, the coronary sinus is ...

This valve is attached to the heart in two separate locations—one to the mitral annulus and the other, through the chords, to the papillary muscle apparatus—and both move with ventricular ...

Citation: Providing patients with blood vessel calcification imaging results may improve cardiovascular risk control (2024, October 15) retrieved 23 October 2024 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

A noteworthy case study. What can be done for a 16-year-old girl with chest pain and worsening dyspnea? That's what ...

Jafar, Nadia Moses, Michael J. Benenstein, Ricardo J. Vainrib, Alan F. Slater, James N. Tran, Henry A. Donnino, Robert Williams, Mathew R. and Saric, Muhamed 2017. 3D ...