Mitral Regurgitation Informative Speech

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According to Abbott, “Mitral Regurgitation is the most common type of heart valve insufficiency in the United States.” The prefered treatment for mitral regurg is with open heart surgery to replace the insufficient valve. However for many patients, surgery is not an option due to their age, and underlying health conditions. Doctors started to look for a new way to help treat patients with mitral regurg. One that could be performed non invasively, without surgery. Thus the mitraclip was born! To help you,the reader get a better understanding about mitral regurgitation allow me to explain to you what that is. I’ll also explain to you how mitral regurgitation is treated, what a mitraclip is,contraindications for use, potential complications, set up of the mitraclip, and how the mitraclip is deployed.
Mitral Regurgitation is caused by blood leaking backwards through the mitral valve and into the left atrium during systolic contraction of the left ventricle. There are two forms of mitral regurg, degenerative and functional. Degenerative mitral regurgitation is caused by damage to the mitral valve leaflets. This backward leaking of blood can provoke …show more content…

The mitraclip system comes in two parts: the Clip Delivery System and the Steerable Guide Catheter. The Clip Delivery System and Steerable Guide Catheter are distributed in a sterile tray with a lid and are in sealed packaging. The Clip Delivery System consists of three components: the delivery catheter, the steerable sleeve and the mitraclip device. The Clip Delivery System is used to advance and properly align the mitraclip device so it can be delivered safely on to the mitral valve leaflets. The Steerable Guide Catheter is used to introduce the Clip Delivery System into the Left Atrium of the heart across the septum and it’s used to position the Clip Delivery System correctly above the mitral

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