With and without LAMPOON (IMAGE)

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

With and without LAMPOON

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CAPTION: (Left) Illustration shows how, without LAMPOON, a transcatheter mitral valve implantation displaces the native anterior mitral valve leaflet causing LVOT obstruction. (Right) After LAMPOON, LVOT obstruction is reduced.

DESCRIPTION: Illustration showing a transcatheter mitral valve implantation with and without LAMPOON.

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Dr. Jaffar M. Khan and the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention, led by Dr. Robert J. Lederman

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