For a long time, rheumatic fever was the predominant cause of organic MR. Now the main causes are mitral valve prolapse and ischemic heart disease. Patients with MR may remain asymptomatic for ...

Cut to the chase: The afib notifications picked up on an underlying problem, a leaky valve condition called mitral valve prolapse. Less than a week after seeing the doctor, I had open-heart surgery.

particularly mitral stenosis (narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart). Atrial fibrillation may be treated with medications to either slow the heart rate to a normal range ("rate control") or ...

This part of the murmur is due to the increased flow through the mitral valve during atrial contraction; this aspect of the murmur would be absent if the patient were in atrial fibrillation ...

Background Mitral valve repair (MVr) is the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral regurgitation, yet there is ...

Beyond surgical excellence, St. Elizabeth prioritizes a highly specialized and patient-focused approach to cardiac care.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent clinically ... Upregulated CXCR4 in patients with chronic AF and mitral valve disease is associated with atrial remodeling. Thus, chemokines may ...

Multiple societies endorsed the new appropriate-use criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and pacing. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology) ...

Freedom from AF at 6 months Maze group 87.2% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 Freedom from AF at 12 months Maze group 93.6% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 In-hospital mortality 3% in Maze group vs 3% ...

The area of a normal mitral valve is 4 to 6 cm 2. This area is sufficient to allow a great deal of blood to flow from the left atrium (LA) to the left ventricle. When any disease process decreases ...