The chief symptom of mitral valve dysfunction is breathlessness and severe fatigue, and often patients have palpitations from an abnormal heart rhythm. The mitral valve is the inlet to the heart's ...

of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet segments to float backwards into the upper heart ...

Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

In rheumatic heart disease, autoimmune inflammation involving the mitral valve produces thickening ... on the basis of valve anatomy, valve hemodynamics, hemodynamic consequences of valve ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery.

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) also may cause chronic mitral regurgitation ... on the basis of valve anatomy, valve hemodynamics, LV or LA enlargement, and the presence or absence of symptoms.

Retract device toward mitral valve and capture leaflets. Assess reduction in MR immediately with transesophageal echocardiography, while the heart remains beating. Clip can be removed and ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

After acquiring its developer last year, Edwards Lifesciences has now obtained a European approval for what it described as ...

The condition is more common in women and younger patients with valve disorder and can, in the worst case, lead to sudden cardiac arrest. Mitral annular disjunction, MAD, is a heart abnormality in ...