In this propensity score matched analysis of 1,531 patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, women presented at an older age, with more advanced symptoms and more complex valve pathology than men.
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Mitral Valve
December 30, 2025
December 30, 2025
This study from the Mini-Mitral International Registry (2015-2021) compared endo-aortic balloon occlusion (EABO) to transthoracic clamping (TTC) in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. After propensity matching 733 pairs from 6,884 patients, EABO showed significantly lower rates of conversion to sternotomy, although it was associated with longer
September 25, 2025
This single-center retrospective study compared the outcomes of mitral valve (MV) surgery vs transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in octogenarians with moderate-to-severe or severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Between 2014 and 2024, 744 patients aged 80 years and older underwent MV intervention.
September 4, 2025
Surgical outcomes traditionally rely on time-to-event analysis models, such as the Cox Proportional Hazards (CPH) model, which adjusts for covariates. These models, however, have certain limitations that must be taken into account when interpreting their results.
September 4, 2025
As minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) continues to gain acceptance, concomitant tricuspid valve (TV) repair in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is increasingly encountered.
July 30, 2025
Cardiac valve replacement during pregnancy is a high-risk operation that is performed occasionally when indicated. This study queried the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC) III database, as well as available cases in the literature, and found an overall maternal mortality of 9 percent, while fetal mortality was 34 percent.
July 10, 2025
Mitral valve leaflet and subvalvular apparatus abnormalities can cause left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the absence of septal hypertrophy.
June 18, 2025
This review article aims to examine the surgical approach to patients with failed mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER), focusing on operative challenges, decision-making, and contemporary outcome data. Technical considerations, including device removal and the management of complex mitral valve (MV) anatomy, are discussed.
June 12, 2025
This article reports the long-term outcomes of the concomitant Cox-Maze IV procedure in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent mitral valve surgery. The authors found that the concomitant Maze procedure provided freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias of 80 percent at five years and 65 percent at 10 years, respectively.
May 22, 2025
This study evaluated short-term outcomes and costs of robotic-assisted vs conventional mitral valve repair in adults from 2016 to 2020 using data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database.