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Percutaneous Treatment of Left Side Cardiac Valves

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Abstract

The mitral valve apparatus comprises the annulus and a portion of myocardium located above and below it, the leaflets, the chordae tendineae and the papillary muscles (Fig. 1.1). The mitral valve apparatus and the left ventricle are so interdependent that there is no mitral valve defect that does not affect the left ventricle in some way, and, in turn, there is no morphological or functional alteration of the left v entricle that has no consequence, to a greater or lesser extent, for the mitral valve. Therefore, the mitral valve is not a passive structure that moves solely as a result of the forces generated by cardiac activity, but rather a structure with its own sphinteric activity concentrated mainly in the annulus, which contributes to the ventricle’s contractility and, in turn, is heavily affected by it.

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  1. Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania ETNA Foundation, Catania, Italy

    Corrado Tamburino (Full Professor of Cardiology, Director of Postgraduate School of Cardiology Chief of Cardiothoracovascular Department Director of Cardiology Division and Interventional Cardiology)

  2. Interventional Cardiology Cardiology Division, Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Gian Paolo Ussia (Director Structural Heart Disease Program)

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Tamburino, C., Ussia, G.P. (2012). Anatomy. In: Percutaneous Treatment of Left Side Cardiac Valves. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2631-5_1

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