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Filter by:This study is a continuation of two previous studies --- the Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (SMR) Trial (NCT00807040) and the Moderate Ischemic Mitral regurgitation (MMR) Trial (NCT00806988) --- to learn more about patients' health 5-10 years after their mitral valve surgeries. The investigators will collect long-term health information on SMR and MMR trial participants using electronic medical records, patient and/or family input, public records, and healthcare- and vital status-related databases.
To evaluate the safety and performance of the Neovasc Tiara Mitral Transcatheter Heart Valve with the Tiara Transapical Delivery System.
Recent publications show that an adjunctive subvalvular repair during mitral annuloplasty for secondary mitral regurgitation effective in preventing recurrent regurgitation. One of these procedures is the papillary muscles approximation. However, the safety and the positive impact of this method are still in doubt.
Aim of this prospective trial is to assess the hemodynamic effects of a MitraClip procedure caused iatrogenic arterial septal defect (iASD) and the functional changes after interventional iASD closure in a randomized setting.
To establish the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards Cardioband System in patients with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR).
Based on the ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of mitral valve disease, quantifying the severity of mitral regurgitation is central to determining which patients are appropriate for correction of their mitral valve by surgery. Specifically, once the diagnosis of severe MR is made, patients are considered appropriate for mitral valve surgery in almost all clinical circumstances. However, there is a significant mortality and morbidity associated with mitral valve surgery The most common diagnostic tool to assess the severity of MR is echocardiography. Several studies have shown that echocardiography parameters used to quantify and qualify MR have high inter-observer and intra-observer variability, calling the accuracy of these parameters into question. Furthermore, studies have shown that there is a significant degree of discordance between echocardiography and MRI when assessing MR, particularly among patients referred for mitral valve surgery. In a recent study, quantification of mitral regurgitant volume MRI was found to be more accurate than echocardiography in patients who underwent mitral valve surgery. All 38 patients who underwent mitral valve surgery in this study were deemed appropriate according the ACC/AHA guidelines based on echocardiographic findings. However, more than 2/3rds of patients who underwent mitral valve surgery in this study did not have severe MR by MRI. Thus, we propose this prospective multicenter trial to assess: 1) the severity of MR by MRI in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. 2) the impact of mitral valve surgery on quality of life and healthcare costs in the context of MR severity by MRI, 3) assess patient outcomes post surgery in the context of MR severity by MRI and 4) the likelihood of valve replacement vs. repair according to MR severity by MRI.
The surgical treatment of less than severe (≤2+/4+) functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patient undergoing mitral valve surgery, is still controversial: some observational studies have suggested that performing tricuspid annuloplasty in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with a dilated tricuspid annulus, and TR≤2+ may provide a clinical benefit, while in other observational studies such benefit has not been documented. The ESC Guidelines assign the class IIa recommendation for surgical treatment in patients with tricuspid regurgitation ≤2+ and a dilated annulus, if surgery is concomitant to the repair or replacement of the mitral valve. However the level of evidence C (expert opinion) confirms the absence of clear scientific evidence to support this recommendation. It is therefore very important to carry out randomized trials designed to really prove the supposed efficacy of prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty, especially in patients with degenerative etiology where the data are particularly controversial. The aim of the study will be to establish the effectiveness of the tricuspid annuloplasty in the early stage of TR. The investigators enrolled patients with TR≤2+ and annular dilation undergoing mitral valve repair. Primary end-point will be the freedom from recurrence of TR≥3+ and from progression of 2 degrees of TR compared to pre-operative, at discharge and 12 months after surgery, assessment by transthoracic echocardiography. Secondary endpoints are to demonstrate the superiority of combined treatment (M & T Repair Group) compared to single treatment (Mitral-Only Group) at 5 and 10 years after surgery. This will be an experimental superiority, prospective, spontaneous, multicenter, randomized trial. Patients will be randomly assigned to two parallel arms with an allocation ratio 1:1 stratified by center, to receive mitral repair only (Mitral-Only group) or both mitral and tricuspid repair (M & T Repair group).
At present, the optimal treatment strategy for heart failure patients and moderate-to-severe (3+) or severe (4+) mitral regurgitation with a class IIa recommendation for CRT is uncertain.Whether these patents should also be treated for functional mitral regurgitation or with CRT also remains unclear. We therefore propose a randomized 2x2 factorial design in this patient population to understand the the impact of both CRT and transcatheter mitral valve repair with the MitraClip on their functional status and quality of life.
Multicenter feasibility study of the HighLife™ TMVR system.
The preferred treatment of organic mitral regurgitation (MR) is mitral valve repair. Optimally this should be timed so late that it commensurate with the risk of surgery and before irreversibly damage of the heart and pulmonary vessels. The aim is to obtain an understanding of the differences between the symptomatic and asymptomatic patient. The study will test A: Symptomatic organic MR is characterized by higher filling pressure, and higher stroke work during physical strain compared with asymptomatic MR. B: The extent of myocardial fibrosis is associated with filling pressure and cardiac index 1 year after mitral valve repair. C: Filling pressure can be estimated non-invasively by echocardiography. To test this 40 patients with asymptomatic MR and 40 symptomatic will undergo a stress echocardiography with simultaneous echocardiography and invasive measurement of central hemodynamics. In addition a pulmonary function test and cardiac MRI will be performed.