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 ...

causing the mitral valve annulus to also dilate and prevent the mitral valve leaflets from properly coapting. There are many causes of left atrial and left ventricular dilation, and the treatment ...

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 ...

as well as reduced early diastolic mitral annular velocity using tissue Doppler imaging. In late stages with LV failure associated with elevations in left atrial pressure, a so-called restrictive ...