Background Contemporary trials of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
(HFrEF) required a recent worsening heart failure (WHF) event for inclusion. We aimed to …

Methods We evaluated 100 patients (age, 66.5±10.0 years; 47 males) who consecutively
underwent surgery for functional insufficiency of the MV or TV associated with AF between …

The assessment of valvular pathologies in multiple valvular heart disease by
echocardiography remains challenging. Data on echocardiographic assessment …

Transcatheter mitral valve interventions (TMVI) have evolved over the past decade as
alternatives to open surgical repair for the therapeutic management of patients with severe …

Although real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) has only been introduced in the last
decades, its use still needs to be improved since it is a time-consuming and operator …

Little is known about the natural history of non-significant mitral and tricuspid regurgitation
(MR and TR) following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for aortic regurgitation …

Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can provide valuable information for mitral
assessment, but its role in transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair (TEER) planning has …

Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with the MitraClip system is now approved for
degenerative and functional mitral regurgitation (MR). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is commonly …

Aims The concept of proportionate/disproportionate functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) has
been limited by the lack of a simple way to assess it and by the paucity of data showing its …

Chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) frequently leads to significant downstream changes to the
left ventricle and pulmonary vasculature; these structural and physiologic changes result in …