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25 Patients Get New Life After Successful Mitral Valve Repair Surgery ( Mvr)

Mitral valve repair is a Cardiac Surgery procedure to treat mitral valve Stenosis (narrowing) or Regurgitation (leakage). The mitral valve is between the heart’s left atrium and left ventricle. The mitral valve has two flaps, or cusps. Blood after picking the oxygen from the lungs flows through the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium of the heart. Once the left atrium gets filled with blood, the mitral valve opens to allow blood to flow from the left atrium into The Left Ventricle. It then closes in order to keep blood from flowing back into the left atrium or lungs when the ventricle contracts (squeezes) to push blood out to the body.

Studies show that today 5-10 % of the world’s population suffers from Mitral valve Prolapse requiring surgery and 9 per 10,000/year die of it.

You can’t usually prevent mitral valve prolapse, but you can prevent certain complications.

In view of the same a Mitral repair training camp was held at the “Vien Tim”(Heart center of the Ho Chi Minh City between 14 to 20th of April 2008. Patients had flocked from Vietnam,Cambodia and Laos. Renowned Cardiac Surgeons from Thailand , China and India participated in the camp.

“25 patients of rheumatic mitral regurgitation were selected and operated with no mortality and 100% success of repair(no replacements)” says Dr. Vivek Jawali ( Chief Cardiothorasic Surgeon at Wockhardt Hospital Group, India) one of the operating surgeon at the camp.

Dr. Vivek Jawali is the pioneer of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in India. He has performed India’s first minimally invasive Bypass Surgery in 1994 and has since been actively pioneering it in India. In 2000, he has performed India’s first awake bypass surgery on a fully conscious patient without general anaesthesia or ventilator using the technique of continuous high epidural analgesia. In the same year , he performed the world’s first awake Open Heart Surgery , which involved a Valve Replacement with a triple bypass on a 74 year patient. ( Please check his detail profile on http://www.wockhardthospitals.net/online-doctors/dr_vivek_jawali.asp )

Heart is Wockhardt” is how Wockhardt Hospital and Heart Institute has come to be known as since the past 17 years. A center for excellence in interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgeries in the country, it has to its name a history of path-breaking procedures, be it the first-ever Conscious Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Awake Heart Surgery in India.

Wockhardt Hospital and Heart Institute, has been our first, single-specialty corporate heart hospital. This center has performed more than 15,000 heart operations and 40,000 interventional cardiology procedures since its inception and has become a renowned tertiary level heart care center. The Institute is now a preferred destination for cardiac patients not only in India but also from all over the US, UK, Canada, Middle East and Africas. It is also a teaching center for clinicians from the sub-continent.

About the Author

Wockhardt hospitals Group. has partnered with Harvard Medical International (HMI), Boston, USA, in establishing a chain of super specialty hospitals across India. Several new hospitals / facilities are in the pipeline. With latest technology, multi-disciplinary capability, state of the art facilities, world class infrastructure and excellent patient care ambience and processes, Wockhardt Hospitals is poised to become the most advanced and progressive healthcare institution in this part of the world.
Joint Commission International (JCI) – the international arm of JCAHO which accredits top hospitals in USA has audited Wockhardt hospital approved it.

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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.

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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Modern Mitral Valve Repair: Echocardiographic Interpretations and Surgical Strategies $103.33 Used – Preoperative and intraoperative echocardiography has become an indispensable tool for guiding mitral valve surgery and has fostered the development of many innovative surgical techniques. Mitral valvuloplasty is now an established surgical method for the treatment of mitral insufficiency but the success is largely dependent on the extent of the underlying disease of the mitral valve. The book by Dr. Ng and coauthors is an extraordinary presentation of the relation between echocardiographi

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Modern Mitral Valve Repair: Echocardiographic Interpretations and Surgical Strategies $194.99 New – Preoperative and intraoperative echocardiography has become an indispensable tool for guiding mitral valve surgery and has fostered the development of many innovative surgical techniques. Mitral valvuloplasty is now an established surgical method for the treatment of mitral insufficiency but the success is largely dependent on the extent of the underlying disease of the mitral valve. The book by Dr. Ng and coauthors is an extraordinary presentation of the relation between echocardiographic

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