The anterior leaflet of the mitral valve is the most common site of infectious vegetations in patients with infective endocarditis. Very large vegetations, as in fungal endocarditis, may obstruct ...

The anterior leaflet of the mitral valve is the most common site for an infectious vegetation to form in patients with infective endocarditis. If the vegetation grows to a large enough size ...

The LVOT obstruction from septal contact with the anterior mitral valve leaflet may be difficult to assess with CMRI at times, as there may be a signal void due to spin dephasing within the ...

One such technique is edge-to-edge repair, which involves suture of the mitral valve leaflets along their medial edges to form a reduced double-orifice valve. Feldman and colleagues have ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

The device is positioned directly above the regurgitant jet and advanced across the mitral valve into the LV, with the two arms of the Clip perpendicular to the valve leaflets.

Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.