Mechanical valve replacement for patients with rheumatic heart disease: the reality of INR control in Africa and beyond

P Zilla, P Human, T Pennel - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The majority of patients requiring heart valve replacement in low-to middle-income countries
(LMICs) need it for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). While the young age of such patients …

Transcatheter Therapy for Mitral Valve Stenosis

K Kumar, T Simpson - Cardiology Clinics, 2024 - cardiology.theclinics.com
Mitral valve stenosis remains highly prevalent among the US population although with
dramatically shifting demographics. The significance of rheumatic mitral disease in …

Revisiting percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy technique and safety in various population: an evidence-based case report and literature review

F Habib, B Mendel, R Fauzan… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) is a good and preferred therapy choice over
surgical commissurotomy for patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS). However …

[图书][B] Update in Structural Heart Interventions, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics, E-Book: Update in Structural Heart Interventions, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics, E-Book

AH Frangieh - 2024 - books.google.com
In this issue of Cardiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Antonio H. Frangieh brings his
considerable expertise to the topic of Update in Structural Heart Interventions. Top experts …

Transthoracic echocardiography-guided PBMV for severe rheumatic mitral stenosis with pregnancy

H Xiao, P Xiangbin, H Haibo - QJM: An International Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The currently invasive strategies for mitral valve stenosis include percutaneous
balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) and surgical replacement. Most PBMV procedures are …

[PDF][PDF] Differences in life expectancy within and between countries: implications for domestic TAVI guidelines in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

TD Ryan, JB Ryan - The New Zealand Medical Journal, 2024 - nzmj.org.nz
The advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has caused a paradigm shift in
the management of aortic stenosis away from traditional surgical aortic valve replacement …