BECAUSE of the great interest currently demonstrated in the surgical correction of mitral stenosis, it has become essential for the clinician to be able to diagnose this condition with the greatest ...

Mitral valve disease is when the heart’s mitral valve stops functioning correctly. This can lead to blood not flowing around the body correctly and cause several health complications. The mitral valve ...

Recently, while preparing an updated presentation to the Saint Louis University cardiology fellows on "diastolic dysfunction," the Skeptical Cardiologist came across a document entitled "What Does ...

New research highlights the impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) on mortality risk after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) but also how deadly right ventricular ...

Minimal forward mitral-valve area was calculated from the hydraulic formulas of Gorlin and Gorlin. 9 The roentgenograms were evaluated by the roentgenologist, and mitral regurgitation was graded ...

The mitral valve is inside a person’s heart. A person with mitral valve disease may require mitral valve repair surgery as a treatment. A person’s heart contains four chambers. The two upper chambers ...

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for the treatment of patients with mitral valve dysfunction, device manufacturer ...