For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with pre-existing atrial fibrillation who underwent percutaneous mitral valve repair and had a mitral ...

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 ...

A novel technology called intravascular lithotripsy-facilitated percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (IVL-PBMV) shows promise for treating patients with severe calcific mitral stenosis (MS) and ...

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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) chordae ...

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CONGENITAL mitral stenosis, sufficiently severe to cause recurrent heart failure and syncopal episodes in infancy, is rarely compatible with life beyond two years of age. 1 Except for 1 reported case ...

Mitral valve stenosis, also known as mitral stenosis, occurs when the mitral valve opening is narrowed. This means that not enough blood can flow through it. Scarring caused by rheumatic fever is the ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatment aims to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and improve the quality of life of people who have blood that leaks back into their heart’s left atrium. Mitral valve ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of a heart murmur caused by a "leaky" heart valve. Most cases of mitral valve prolapse are not serious and only need to be monitored. Mitral valve prolapse is ...