a leaking mitral valve is tolerated well by the heart for a long period of time and may only become evident when the body becomes stressed by another illness. Whenever possible, we try to repair ...

can also cause a leak. In some cases, these valves can be repaired. In many cases, the valve must be replaced. While narrowing of either the aortic or mitral valve typically requires valve replacement ...

In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral-valve replacement, pure or predominant mitral regurgitation could not consistently be relieved by operation, and although it was clear that ...

Circulation. 2008 Apr 1;117(13):1750-67. Dang NC, Aboodi MS, Sakaguchi T, Wasserman HS, Argenziano M, Cosgrove DM, Rosengart TK, Feldman T, Block PC, Oz MC. Surgical revision after percutaneous mitral ...

Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or congestive heart failure. More than 182,000 ...

In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.

Regurgitation is when a valve leaks, causing blood to backflow ... stenosis is the most common indication for valve ...

Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.

open commissurotomy and mitral valve replacement. This similar to PBMV in that the mitral valve is not directly visualized, and a balloon is used to dilate the stenotic mitral valve. The criteria ...