Here, there is a chance that your valve is worn out and you need a different one. Before your first mitral valve replacement, your surgeon will discuss about the choices of prosthetic valves.

By Bryan Laprise Local Journalism Initiative  After multiple hours of preparation and arduous teamwork, a team led by ...

Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve allows blood to flow back into a person’s left atrium. Without treatment, it may cause complications such as stroke or atrial fibrillation.

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or ...

Diagnosis of Mitral Valve Regurgitation Most often patients with mitral regurgitation are asymptomatic, but symptoms gradually develop. Some of the symptoms are - Shortness of breath Fatigue ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is also called mitral insufficiency, and is a condition in which the valve allows blood to leak back into the left atrium when the ventricle contracts, instead of holding ...

Mitral regurgitation severity reduction occurred both in patients with complex anatomy (1+ or lower at 30 days, 79.4%) and in those without complex anatomy (1+ or lower at 30 days, 88.9% ...

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation can reduce the long-term rate of hospitalizations by almost 50 percent, and death by nearly 30 percent ...

More than half needed a tricuspid valve procedure. Tricuspid regurgitation occurs in the same way mitral regurgitation does -- a leaky valve causes blood to leak back and create pressure on the heart.

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a condition where the mitral valve in the heart does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium when the left ventricle contracts.

Case Study Published: January 2007 Reduction of mitral valve regurgitation caused by acute papillary muscle ischemia Marco Magnoni, Stefano Coli, Giovanni La Canna, Carlo Meloni, Domenico ...