Transthoracic echocardiogram during diastole (parasternal long axis view), showing multiple vegetations on the anterior leaflet of the patient's mitral valve (arrows 1 and 2) and a 16 x 6 mm ...

The mitral valve, so named because of its similarity to a bishop’s miter, has five important structural elements: 1) the mitral annulus, 2) the mitral valve leaflets, 3) the commissures, 4 ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP): Aging and connective tissue diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and Marfan syndrome, can cause the mitral valve to degenerate, resulting in a prolapse.

TCT 818: Exacerbation of aortic stenosis following transcatheter mitral valve repair - a structural change or an effect of improved hemodynamics? Receive the the latest news, research, and ...

Objective This study aims to evaluate the role of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) in patients with SLE with heart valve ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast to discuss the causes and treatment options for degenerative valve ...

Mitral and aortic valve disorders are the most common valve diseases in the U.S. Some can be congenital, such as bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse, while others are degenerative and ...

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Corewell Health was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award, one of only 24 centers in the country. Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair.

Mitral regurgitation describes when the mitral valve allows blood to flow back into a person's left atrium. Learn more about its symptoms and treatment here.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Abbott's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for individuals with mitral valve disease. This device ...

During surgery to repair mitral valve prolapse, we are able to perform “plastic surgery” on your own heart valve so that we do not need to replace it with an artificial valve. As seen in the figure ...