scholarly journals Evaluation of Plasma N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) Concentrations in Dogs with Mitral Valve Insufficiency

2009 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 925-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoyuki TAKEMURA ◽  
Noriko TODA ◽  
Yuichi MIYAGAWA ◽  
Kazuyuki ASANO ◽  
Kenji TEJIMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Brain Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Mitral Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Valve Insufficiency

A Complex Mitral Valve Reconstruction: A Case Report

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Buklas ◽  
Massimo Massetti ◽  
Eric Saloux ◽  
Eugenio Neri ◽  
Olivier LePage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Mitral Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Mitral Valve Reconstruction ◽  
Mitral Repair ◽  
Valve Reconstruction ◽  
Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Valve Function ◽  
Valvular Function

Several techniques are currently in use for mitral valve reconstruction. We report a mitral repair case in which the use of a combination of different surgical techniques resulted in the necessary correction. A 47-year-old woman underwent surgical intervention to treat severe mitral valve insufficiency due to A1/A2/A3 and P2 prolapsed valve tissue. A combination of quadrangular resection, sliding leaflet, single chordal transposition, "flip-over" leaflet, and ring annuloplasty techniques were applied, and postsurgical correct valve function was documented by results of a left ventricular saline filling test and transesophageal echocardiography control. Complex mitral valve repairing techniques can be combined to reestablish valvular function.

scholarly journals Two Canine Cases of Mitral Valve Insufficiency with Atrial Fibrillation

1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 399-402
Author(s):  
Yoko OGUCHI ◽  
Hideki MATSUMOTO ◽  
Yuko MASUDA ◽  
Sanae MASADA ◽  
Yoshihiro KUNO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Mitral Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Valve Insufficiency

Murmur on top of the head: bioprosthetic mitral valve insufficiency

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. e245117
Author(s):  
Albahi Malik ◽  
Aneeqa Saif ◽  
Awsse Al-Ani ◽  
Christopher Haas
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Mitral Regurgitation ◽  
Heart Valves ◽  
Mitral Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Lumbosacral Spine ◽  
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis ◽  
Direct Recording ◽  
Valve Insufficiency ◽  
Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve ◽  
Rheumatic Heart

In 1961, K Merendino ‘in pure curiosity’, while tracking the murmur of mitral regurgitation, placed his stethoscope ‘on the vertex of the head’, and ultimately led to a medical curiosity and exam finding that not only bears his name, but awes medical learners at all stages of their careers. Merendino and colleagues collected seven such cases of the ‘Murmur on Top of the Head’ building on the work of others who provided a detailed description of mitral regurgitation and noted murmur radiation to the neck and cervical/lumbosacral spine. The majority of patients suffered from rheumatic heart disease or subacute bacterial endocarditis in native heart valves. Here, we report on a case of the ‘Murmur on Top of the Head’ and provide the reader/listener with a direct recording of the ‘Merendino murmur’ (as well as its spinal correlate) in an elderly woman with a bioprosthetic mitral valve.

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