CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Valvuloplasty. Also called balloon valvotomy, this catheter procedure is used to repair a mitral valve with a narrowed opening. The doctor inserts a catheter with a balloon on the tip into an artery in your arm or groin and guides it to the mitral valve.

Detailed explanation-2: -MitraClip™ is a simple procedure to fix your mitral valve. During the procedure, doctors access the mitral valve with a thin tube (called a catheter) that is guided through a vein in your leg to reach your heart. A small implanted clip is attached to your mitral valve to help it close more completely.

Detailed explanation-3: -MitraClip is a mechanical clip that grasps, fits together and fastens the mitral valve leaflets of the heart. With this technique, the patient’s heart valve repair can occur without the need for open-heart surgery.

Detailed explanation-4: -A type of transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR), MitraClip is a relatively new heart valve procedure. We use this minimally invasive approach to treat the main form of mitral valve leaking, or mitral regurgitation. To perform TMVR, your doctor inserts a catheter, or a small, thin tube, into an artery in your groin.