How to navigate the likelihood ratios for mitral regurgitation presented by the physical exam, particularly auscultation, are the focus of this episode of AP Cardiology with host Andrew Perry, MD, ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is sometimes called mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence. Whatever term your doctor uses, it's describing a mitral valve that leaks, allowing blood to flow backward ...

Findings from the AltaValve Early Feasibility Study suggest that patients with a leaky mitral valve have sustained clinical ...

THE case reported below illustrates two interesting and unusual phenomena. The first is the production of the physical signs and phonocardiographic evidence of aortic stenosis in a patient with mitral ...

Background The use of artificial chords for mitral valve prolapse during minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVR) has ...

New findings reveal a potential connection between serotonin activity and the progression of a widespread heart valve ...

Ischemic mitral regurgitation is defined as mitral insufficiency that occurs as a result of coronary artery disease in the absence of intrinsic structural abnormalities of the mitral valve. Ischemic ...

For high-risk surgical patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR), insertion of the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR; Abbott) using a cardiac transapical approach ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent transcatheter mitral valve replacement for severe mitral regurgitation, 93% of ...

A new surgical procedure using a small patch of bovine pericardium to repair the mitral valve shows promise as a safe and effective means of treating ischemic mitral regurgitation. The technique could ...

Edwards Lifesciences’ SAPIEN M3 mitral valve replacement system has become the first transcatheter therapy utilizing a transseptal approach to snag FDA approval in the U.S. for the treatment of mitral ...