2024
Mechanisms of repair failure after mitral valve repair using chordal replacement
Lang M, Feirer N, Voss B, Geirsson A, Amabile A, Krane M, Vitanova K. Mechanisms of repair failure after mitral valve repair using chordal replacement. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2024 PMID: 39603581, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.10.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanisms of repair failureMitral valve repairMitral valve replacementMitral valve sclerosisDegenerative mitral regurgitationChordal replacementValve repairMitral regurgitationRe-repairRepair failureTechnical failureIsolated mitral valve repairCases of mitral valve replacementTranscatheter edge-to-edge repairCases of technical failureEdge-to-edge repairMitral valve reoperationGerman Heart Center MunichRetrospective observational studyValve reoperationValve replacementRe-reoperationMitral valveReoperationFollow-up
2023
Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients
Amabile A, Muncan B, Geirsson A, Kalogeropoulos A, Krane M. Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2023, 2023: 1-7. DOI: 10.1155/2023/8838005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter mitral valve repairSurgical mitral valve repairMitral valve repairValve repairIschemic mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationPropensity scoreTMVR patientsSurgical patientsMortality rateInterventional mitral valve repairCox proportional hazards modelChronic ischemic mitral regurgitationLow reintervention ratesMitral valve reinterventionMitral valve reoperationHeart failure statusSecondary mitral regurgitationKaplan-Meier estimatesProportional hazards modelBetter survival rateValve reinterventionValve reoperationPreoperative medicationsReintervention rateTotally endoscopic, robotic-assisted mitral valve repair after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Amabile A, LaLonde M, Fereydooni S, Zogg C, Morrison A, Waldron C, Bin Mahmood S, Geirsson A, Krane M. Totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted mitral valve repair after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. JTCVS Techniques 2023, 22: 112-113. PMID: 38152181, PMCID: PMC10750834, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.08.027.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2021
Aortic valve neocuspidization (the Ozaki procedure).
Krane M, Amabile A, Ziegelmüller JA, Geirsson A, Lange R. Aortic valve neocuspidization (the Ozaki procedure). Multimedia Manual Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2021, 2021 PMID: 34672143, DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2021.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve neocuspidizationAortic valve replacementValve replacementAutologous pericardiumMechanical aortic valve replacementBiological aortic valve replacementAortic valve repairBicuspid aortic valveAortic valvulopathyOzaki techniqueLifelong anticoagulationValve repairAortic valveEffective therapyBetter hemodynamicsNeocuspidizationPericardiumStandardized proceduresTechnical stepsAnticoagulationValvulopathyHemodynamicsTherapy