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State-of-the-Art Fetal and Pediatric Heart Procedures: Things to Know to Help Guide Your Patients
Expiration Date: October 15, 2021
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Penn Study Finds Reassuring Data on Common Heart Valve Procedure, MitraClip
Retrospective study suggests MitraClip benefits outweigh slight increase in mitral valve gradient
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Improving Global Cardiovascular Health through Health Systems Strengthening: A Framework for Action
Improving Global Cardiovascular Health through Health Systems Strengthening: A Framework for Action Gerald S. Bloomfield, MD, Duke University Medical Center Total Viewing Time: 45 min
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Orthostatic Hypotension Pathophysiology - Driven Management
Orthostatic Hypotension Pathophysiology - Driven Management Italo Biaggioni, MD, Vanderbilt University Total Viewing Time: 46 min
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Right Anterior Minithoracotomy Direct Aortic Access
Michael Reardon, MD, narrates a right anterior minithoracotomy direct aortic access case demonstration.
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Emory Healthcare Offers Heart Transplant Patients New Option
Emory was one of the first five hospitals to join a groundbreaking new clinical investigation involving hearts reanimated from donors that experienced circulatory death (DCD). The study, Donors After Circulatory Death Heart Trial, utilizes TransMedics's Organ Care System (OCS), to resuscitate and preserve hearts after DCD. What makes this approach novel is that until the advent of this technology, hearts donated for transplantation had to come from a donor that experienced brain death (DBD). Researchers believe this new technology could mean a 30% increase in donated organs available for transplant.
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip® at John Muir Health The only approved alternative to Mitral Regurgitation (MR) Surgery. A Less-Invasive Treatment Option for At-Risk Patients.
Repair retains the heart’s natural shape and function better than replacement. Patients who undergo valve replacement must take blood thinners for the rest of their lives.
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Younger People Can Suffer From Heart Failure Too
Dr. Claudius Mahr, a cardiologist with UW Medicine's Heart Institute, explains heart failure is a growing, all too common issue that affects people of all ages.
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Heart Transplant Procedure to Treat Heart Failure
Lucian Lozonschi, M.D., a surgical heart failure and cardiac transplantation physician at MUSC, describes each step of a heart transplant procedure when used to treat a patient with heart failure.Convergent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Holds Promise for Refractory Cases
62-Year-Old Maintains Normal Rhythm One Year Post-Procedure
A 62-year-old, morbidly obese male had been struggling with atrial fibrillation (AF), which had progressed from paroxysmal to persistent over five years. He used a CPAP machine for obstructive sleep apnea and was taking medication for hypertension. As the AF became persistent, his physician prescribed antiarrhythmic medication and cardioverted him three times over two years, attempting to restore normal rhythm.
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Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation from the Mitral Surgeon’s Perspective
Experts from Penn Medicine discuss degenerative mitral regurgitation.
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Cases of Functional Mitral Regurgitation: TEER Options | Part 3
Penn Medicine experts discuss functional mitral regurgitation and transcatheter edge to edge repair.