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Mitral Valve Repair is on the Rise!

More mitral valve repair and replacement surgeries are performed worldwide than any other type of Heart Valve surgery, and that number is certainly likely to rise significantly given that some seventy six million of America’s Baby Boomers are now or will be facing Heart Valve Disease.

Mitral valve prolapse, also referred to as MVP, is by far the most common heart valve condition. It has been reported than one in twenty Americans have this valvular disorder. The Four Valves Of The Heart, tricuspid, mitral, arotic, and pulmonary, when functioning properly, move blood in one direction.

The mitral valve specifically moves blood from the left atrium down to The Left Ventricle. Like any of the other Heart Valves, when the valve fails to function as it was meant to do, its two leaflets do not seal properly and heart valve leakage occurs, or to be more precise the valve regurgitates blood backwards into the left atrium.

According to the Mayo Clinic, leaking heart valves can cause the heart to work overtime re-pumping the blood through the heart and body, sometimes resulting in heart arrhythmias, thickening of the heart, and even infection.

When your Doctor listens to your heart, if you have valve prolapse, a clicking or whooshing sound may be heard. Your Doctor or cardiologist will sometimes describe this sound to you as a Heart Murmur.

Mitral valve prolapse, interestingly enough, occurs more frequently in women than in men. In fact, studies show that six percent of all women have this common heart valve malfunctioning disorder.

To be sure, most people with valve prolapse are not even aware of their condition because their valve Regurgitation is not severe enough to warrant any treatment, much less mitral valve repair or replacement surgery.

However, if you’ve been diagnosed with a severe valve regurgitation condition, you will more than likely be facing some form of heart Valve Surgery whether it be a minimally invasive procedure, or a full-blown Open Heart Surgery. Your cardiologist will help you decide which treatment is best suited to remedy your condition.

Here are some of common symptoms of mitral valve prolapse:

• Feeling like your heart is skipping beats or racing
• Heart Palpitations
• Intermittent chest pain
• Anxiety
• Dizziness
• Shortness of breath
• Unexplained exhaustion

Your Doctor or cardiologist can order an echocardiogram, also referred to as a heart echo, to help determine if you need a mitral valve repair or replacement surgery.

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Mitral Valve Repair: The Biological Solution $91.06 The surgical treatment of the aortic valve and root disease, organic and ischemic mitral regurgitation, and endocarditis has made great strides. Still, there is the well-known dilemma: on the one hand the need for anticoagulation in patients with mechanical valves that otherwise guarantee long-term functioning and, on the other, the unpredictable durability of biological substitutes and of valve repair procedures which, per se, do not require anticoagulation. The choice of procedure is determined by factors such as patients’ age, metabolic and bleeding disorders, and bleeding preconditions, as well as such critical issues as the desire to bear children in young women. The book contains a collection of proceedings of The Berlin Heart Valve Symposium 2008 and The Berlin Mitral Valve Repair Symposium at the joint meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease and the Heart Valve Society of America in June 2009. It will be attended by internationally renowned experts who will focus on current surgical approaches to and evolving trends in aortic and mitral valve repair, aortic root and valve replacement with pulmonary autograft, aortic allograft, stentless and stented bioprostheses. Further contributions will deal with recent advances in catheter-based percutaneous and transapical techniques, ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation, tissue engineering of heart valves, multi-modality imaging, and anticoagulation.

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Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome $16.18 Mitral Valve Prolapse is a non-life-threatening structural dysfunction of the heart’s mitral valve that affects women twice as commonly as men. Some 40 percent of people with MVP also suffer from MVP syndrome, otherwise known as dysautonomia, an imbalance of the autonomic nervous system whose symptoms include panic attacks, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, irritable bowel, and more. This survival guide reassures anyone who’s been told, ‘It’s all in your head’ that what you’re going through is real and teaches you that the syndrome can be managed through education, healing, and support. Use this book to learn what MVP and MVP syndrome are, discover how to alleviate symptoms, and explore steps you can take to live with the condition. The authors cover diet, nutrition, and exercise, recommend self-help strategies, and help you become an advocate for yourself with health professionals.

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Mitral Valve Prolapse: Benign Syndrome? $8.59 Sharon Anderson explores Mitral Valve Prolapse a syndrome that has puzzled many for decades and sheds light on a disease that affects so many and is addressed too little. The symptoms of the disease are not dissimilar from those of other ailments: palpitations fainting fatigue shortness of breath migraine headaches chest pain episodes of extremely rapid or irregular heartbeat dizziness and lightheadedness. This makes diagnosing this disease more challenging but Anderson explains why this disease should not go unnoticed. In her comprehensive study she reveals the facts about this disease in hopes of helping others prevent the complications associated with it.

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Mitral Valve Prolapse – A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References $34.87 This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to mitral valve prolapse. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to mitral valve prolapse. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

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The Official Patient’s Sourcebook on Mitral-Valve Prolapse: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age $35.61 This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to mitral-valve prolapse (also Ballooning Posterior Leaflet Syndrome; Barlow Syndrome; Barlow’s syndrome; Billowing mitral valve; Billowing Posterior Mitral Leaflet Syndrome; Click Syndrome), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on mitral-valve prolapse. Given patients’ increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.

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Carpentier’s Reconstructive Valve Surgery $223.95 Carpentier’s Reconstructive Valve Surgery presents you with authoritative guidance on reconstructive techniques for degenerative mitral valve disease. Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD-who pioneered the field-David H. Adams, MD; and Farzan Filsoufi, MD provide step-by-step instructions for each procedure and over 200 detailed anatomic drawings so that you can effectively apply the techniques of a master.Apply the techniques and procedures of Dr. Alain Carpentier-pioneer of mitral valve reconstruction-to your practice. View more than 200 detailed anatomic drawings that depict reconstruction procedures clearly. Master each procedure using step-by-step instructions and a consistent chapter format. Grasp the nuances of procedures thanks to “tips from the Master” and a section of questions and answers. Tap into the knowledge and experience of leaders in the field of mitral valve repair and reconstruction.

Carpentier’s Reconstructive Valve Surgery $223.95 Carpentier’s Reconstructive Valve Surgery presents you with authoritative guidance on reconstructive techniques for degenerative mitral valve disease. Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD-who pioneered the field-David H. Adams, MD; and Farzan Filsoufi, MD provide step-by-step instructions for each procedure and over 200 detailed anatomic drawings so that you can effectively apply the techniques of a master.Apply the techniques and procedures of Dr. Alain Carpentier-pioneer of mitral valve reconstruction-to your practice. View more than 200 detailed anatomic drawings that depict reconstruction procedures clearly. Master each procedure using step-by-step instructions and a consistent chapter format. Grasp the nuances of procedures thanks to “tips from the Master” and a section of questions and answers. Tap into the knowledge and experience of leaders in the field of mitral valve repair and reconstruction.

Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Annuloplasty Ring with a Shape Memory Alloy Core. $79.6 Used – A novel annuloplasty ring with a shape memory alloy core has been developed to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve repair. In its activated (austenitic) phase, this prototype ring provides comparable mechanical properties as commercial semi-rigid rings. In its pre-activated (martensitic) phase, this ring is flexible enough to be introduced through an 8 mm trocar and easily manipulated with robotic instruments within the confines of a left atrial model. The core is constructed of 0.

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Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Annuloplasty Ring with a Shape Memory Alloy Core. $79.6 Used – A novel annuloplasty ring with a shape memory alloy core has been developed to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve repair. In its activated (austenitic) phase, this prototype ring provides comparable mechanical properties as commercial semi-rigid rings. In its pre-activated (martensitic) phase, this ring is flexible enough to be introduced through an 8 mm trocar and easily manipulated with robotic instruments within the confines of a left atrial model. The core is constructed of 0.

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Development and experimental evaluation of a novel annuloplasty ring with a shape memory alloy core. $69 A novel annuloplasty ring with a shape memory alloy core has been developed to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve repair. In its activated (austenitic) phase, this prototype ring provides comparable mechanical properties as commercial semi-rigid rings. In its pre-activated (martensitic) phase, this ring is flexible enough to be introduced through an 8 mm trocar and easily manipulated with robotic instruments within the confines of a left atrial model. The core is constructed of 0.508 mm diameter NiTi, which is maintained below its M s temperature (24°C) during deployment and suturing. After suturing, the stiffener is heated to its Af temperature (37°C, normal human body temperature) enabling the NiTi to retain its optimal geometry and stiffness characteristics indefinitely. The NiTi core is shape set in a furnace to the appropriate size and optimal geometry during fabrication. The ring is cooled in a saline bath prior to surgery, making it compliant and easy to manipulate. Evaluation of the ring included mechanical testing, robotic evaluation, static pressure testing, dynamic flow testing and fatigue testing. Experimental results suggest that the NiTi core ring could be a viable alternative to flexible bands in robot-assisted mitral valve repair.

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Mitral Valve Surgery $139 An appreciation of atrioventricular valve surgical anatomy reveals that they are much more than simple valves, opening and closing in response to pressure changes. The structural interrelationship of the valves of the heart and the dynamic mechanisms involved in their function are fundamental in optimizing valve performance, and are dependent upon an intricate multifaceted central cardiac complex.Mitral Valve Surgery presents a detailed background of the mitral valve, its pathology, evaluation, repair and replacement from a range of experts in the field, providing a detailed reference for clinicians in cardiology, cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, and related fields. The Editors have designed the book to be a comprehensive and systematic review including current practical information and guidance.As we look to the future, mitral valve surgery will continue to evolve and attempting to maximize patient outcome such injury will become increasingly important. This book provides the fundamental background information to fuel interest, initiate novel prevention, refine surgical and therapeutic strategies, and inform the investigator how to develop and design their research study.

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