The best performance model (PRIME score) was tested in an externally validated cohort of 220 patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. The model performance was evaluated according to the area under ...

boxed-text Ambler G et al. (2005) Generic, simple risk stratification model for heart valve surgery. Circulation 112: 224–231 ...

To study the potential effectiveness and safety of less than moderate tricuspid valve repair during mitral valve surgery, researchers conducted an international, multicenter, randomized controlled ...

Background: Selecting features related to postoperative infection following cardiac surgery was highly valuable for effective intervention. We used machine learning methods to identify critical ...

How Mitral Valve Heart Surgery Patients Can Get the Best Results A new study on the disease underscores the importance of choosing an experienced surgeon By Lauren F. Friedman May 02, 2017 ...

Methods: In 9 healthy porcine with general anesthesia and median sternotomy, we positioned the beating heart using Starfish heart positioner® and Octopus 2® (Medtronic) as OPCAB model. In 4 positions ...

Thoracoscopically assisted mitral valve surgery is technically demanding. Surgeons undertaking it should have special expertise and specific training in thoracoscopic cardiac surgery, and should ...

Mitral regurgitation is a structural heart condition affecting the mitral valve that can be treated with the MitraClip system ™, a device that allows a percutaneous intervention for the deployment of ...

Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair (TEER) is an increasingly used treatment for patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) who are at high risk for surgery. 1, 2, 3 Despite its high short‐term ...

Thoracoscopically assisted mitral valve surgery is technically demanding. Surgeons undertaking it should have special expertise and specific training in thoracoscopic cardiac surgery, and should ...