This valve is attached to the heart in two separate locations—one to the mitral annulus and the other, through the chords, to the papillary muscle apparatus—and both move with ventricular ...

the mitral annulus, 2) the mitral valve leaflets, 3) the commissures, 4) chordae tendineae and 5) papillary muscles. The typical normal adult mitral valve area is between 4 and 5 cm 2.

known as primary MR (or “organic” MR), or due to dilation of the mitral valve annulus associated with impaired left ventricular function, known as secondary MR (or “functional” MR).

It is for use in the mitral or tricuspid position. Integral template provides a measured plication of the annulus for predictable, reproducible results. “C” shape of the flexible band allows ...

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the line of coaptation in the mitral valve is destroyed. If the ventricle dilates, if you think about it, the annulus pulls apart and all of a sudden coaptation no longer can occur. Or ...

The consequences of ventricular dilation include dilation of the mitral annulus, apical and lateral displacement of the papillary muscles with tethering of the subvalvular apparatus and mitral ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

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