2008-11-21 Valve repair via the coronary sinus follow up

Mitral repair via the coronary sinus is now in the early human evaluation. It will be seen whether the beneficial effects seen in animal studies can be subsatntiated. The big problem remains that in human anatomy the route of the...

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2008-11-21 Mechanotransduction of venous endothelium versus retroperfusion of arterial blood

The salvage potential of coronary sinus interventions has closely been associated with the retroperfusion of arterial blood. This mechanistic explanation of a "mode of action" had several drawbacks, since pressure...

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