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An Image Guided Transapical Mitral Valve Leaflet Puncture Model of Controlled Volume Overload from Mitral Regurgitation in the Rat
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An Image Guided Transapical Mitral Valve Leaflet Puncture Model of Controlled Volume Overload from Mitral Regurgitation in the Rat
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07:42 min

May 19, 2020

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Chapters

  • 00:05Introduction
  • 00:54Echocardiography-Guided Mitral Regurgitation (MR)
  • 02:40Animal Recovery and Post-Operative Care
  • 04:45MR Severity Validation
  • 06:01Results: Representative Cardiac Chamber Remodeling and MR Severity
  • 07:03Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

A rodent model of left heart volume overload from mitral regurgitation is reported. Mitral regurgitation of controlled severity is induced by advancing a needle of defined dimensions into the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, in a beating heart, with ultrasound guidance. 

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