The mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid ... Doctors usually divide the posterior leaflet into three scallops called P1, P2, and P3. The chordae tendinae are fan-shaped connective structures ...

On the left side, the posterior mitral-valve leaflet (white arrow ... the clip has been placed across the middle scallops of the anterior and posterior leaflets, creating a ridge of tissue ...

Mitral-valve prolapse, defined on echocardiography ... of a valve with a flail P 2 scallop. The excess leaflet tissue, along with ruptured and elongated chordae tendineae that undermine the ...

The mitral valve leaflets, annulus, papillary muscles and chordae tendinae must interact properly for the mitral valve to function properly. Thus, disruption of any of these structures can result ...

This increases the perioperative risks of morbidity and mortality for open heart surgery. For these patients, percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair (PMVR) may be an appropriate management option. 2 ...

WASHINGTON -- Operators can avoid two feared complications of transcatheter valve replacement with upfront radiofrequency-based laceration of the aortic or mitral leaflets, according to two early ...

The TEER procedure was performed on a patient with mitral regurgitation – a condition in which the leaflets of the heart’s mitral valve do not close properly and blood flows backward from the left ...

The median time between leaflet traversal and valve implantation was only 28 minutes. The primary safety endpoint occurred in 9.8% of patients due to two deaths in the ViM (Valve in Mitral annular ...

The startup uses a catheter device to access the left atrium and places an anchor in the mitral valve leaflet. Then, CardioMech places another anchor in the left ventricular wall, allowing the ...

This increases the perioperative risks of morbidity and mortality for open heart surgery. For these patients, percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair (PMVR) may be an appropriate management option. 2 ...