The Most Recent Treatment for Repairing the Heart's Mitral Valve is the New Marveminal Treatment

News Desk, News Nation 360 : The most recent treatment for a malfunctioning mitral valve that causes blood to leak is the new marveminal procedure. The problem affecting the heart is known as regurgitation (MR). This innovative technique lowers the dangers associated with open cardiac surgery. The Healthcare Foundation, an organisation that works to raise awareness of health issues, held a news conference at the News Club Kolkata to announce the arrival of a medical breakthrough in Kolkata. Mitral Regurgitation (MR) can cause fluid accumulation, breathlessness, tiredness, and swelling in the legs, and may progress to severe conditions such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and even death if left untreated; though medication can help control symptoms, surgery, conventionally open-heart surgery, may be needed for long-standing MR; an alternative, less invasive procedure, the Mitral Transcatheter Edge to Edge repair (M-TEER) procedure with the Mitraclip device, is now possible, done percutaneously through the groin via a catheter without opening the breastbone or undergoing open-heart surgery; according to top expert Dr. Sumanto Mukhopadhyay, now based in Kolkata, M-TEER is a day-case procedure done in a cardiac catheterization laboratory under anaesthesia, using Transoesophageal echo (TOE) for guidance as a catheter with the Mitraclip is passed in and guided to the heart to clip the mitral valve edges, decreasing the leak and enhancing blood flow; patients usually remain in hospital for 1-2 days after the procedure and can return to normal life within a week, with decreased mitral regurgitation, enhanced heart failure symptoms, enhanced quality of life, fewer hospital admissions, and enhanced survival with this low-risk, highly effective procedure feasible even for elderly and high-risk patients; at a recent press conference, two patients also recounted their good experiences with the Mitraclip treatment.

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