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Medical Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Dr. Jason Guichard

November 5, 2020 369 4
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

Mitral Valve regurgitation mitral insufficiency

In today's episode of the MyHeart.net podcast, Drs. Alain Bouchard, Mustafa Ahmed, and Jason Guichard discuss the medical treatment of functional mitral regurgitation. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast

Surgical Repair of the Mitral Valve with Dr. Clifton Lewis

October 1, 2020 898 12
Alain Bouchard, MD

Mitral valve repair, illustrated and shown in real life.

Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses the history of surgical options and modern techniques for degenerative mitral valve disease and mitral regurgitation with Dr. Clifton Lewis, Director of Adult Cardiac Surgery at UAB, and Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Director of Interventional and Structural Cardiology at UAB. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Valves, Podcast

Mitral Clip: Everything You Ever Needed to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

September 24, 2020 609 10
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

When a patient has mitral regurgitation but is not a candidate for open-heart surgery, what is a doctor to do? Thankfully, with the groundbreaking MitraClip (or mitral clip), these patients can still be treated through specialized techniques. Dr. Mustafa Ahmed discusses the procedure's history, benefits, and more with Dr. Alain Bouchard in our latest podcast.…

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast Tagged With: Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve

Mitral Regurgitation

September 21, 2020 800 9
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What is Mitral Regurgitation

Join Drs. Mustafa Ahmed and Alain Bouchard as they discuss Mitral Regurgitation — also known as 'the leaky valve.' Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below if you would like us to include a transcript of this episode!

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast Tagged With: Mitral regurgitation

Mick Jagger’s Heart Surgery — Explained by a Cardiologist

June 16, 2020 4966 9
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

A photo of Mick Jagger from a Rolling Stones concert in 1976. Mick Jagger's heart surgery happened in 2019.

In 2019, Mick Jagger underwent heart surgery on a heart valve. Amazingly, he was able to get back to his musical activities rather quickly after surgery. This is a result of his heart surgery being performed through a very minimally invasive technique. Mick Jagger's heart surgery is known as ‘aortic valve replacement’. The aortic valve…

Filed Under: Aortic disease, Featured Articles, Heart Valves Tagged With: tavr

TAVR: Everything You Wanted to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

June 11, 2020 1102 19
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

TAVR

Who knew that you could be awake during aortic valve replacement surgery? Dr. Mustafa Ahmed and Dr. Alain Bouchard discuss everything you ever wanted to know about the revolutionary procedure known as TAVR. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below if you would like us to include a transcript of…

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast

Cardiac MRI Scans in Patients with Pacemaker Defibrillators

March 25, 2019 8315 19
Alain Bouchard, MD

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a completely noninvasive test that uses a magnetic field and radio frequency waves to create detailed pictures of the heart and blood vessels. It depicts the heart wall and valves structure and displays its function. It provides information on the regional and global heart function, valves and their function…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Heart Valves, Tests & Investigations

Heart Murmur – Explained By A Cardiologist

May 10, 2018 17176 11
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

heart murmur

What is a Heart Murmur? A heart murmur is a sound that is picked up when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. In general heart murmurs are felt to represent possible underlying issues with heart valves. The sound of a heart murmur itself is related to patterns of blood flow through the heart and related…

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Heart Valves

Transcatheter Mitral Valve In Ring Procedure – TMVIR

March 18, 2018 6380 11
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

mitral valve in ring procedure

What Is a Transcatheter Mitral Valve In Ring (TMVIR) Procedure? A transcatheter mitral valve in ring procedure, also known as TMVIR, is when a transcatheter valve is placed in to an existing surgically implanted mitral ring to treat a failing mitral valve repair. The TMVIR procedure is used to treat either a leaky or tight…

Filed Under: Heart Valves

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement – TMVR Explained

December 27, 2017 16435 16
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

mviv mitral valve in valve

TMVR – Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement TMVR, also known as transcatheter mitral valve replacement is a way of replacing the mitral valve in the heart without the need for conventional open-heart surgery. TMVR transcatheter mitral valve replacement is a treatment for mitral valve stenosis (tight mitral valve) or mitral valve regurgitation (leaky mitral valve) or…

Filed Under: Heart Valves

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