Mitral valve regurgitation is one of the most common heart valve diseases and mitral valve repair is the favored but challenging therapy. To improve preoperative understanding of mitral valve anatomy ...

Newfoundlands — those massive, furry, black dogs — have captured many a heart with their hallmark size, sweet nature and loyalty. Unfortunately these gentle giants’ own hearts are all too often ...

Results: From May 1985 until April 2020 103 patients (median age 5.5 years) underwent surgical repair of SAS. Survival was 90.8% at 10 years and 88.7% at 20 and 30 years. Age < 1 year at time of ...

Figure 1. Catheter trapped in the mitral subvalvular apparatus. Very few cases of circular catheter entrapment in the mitral valve apparatus have been published and most have been produced using ...