Multiple disease processes can affect the complex mitral valve apparatus. Known causes of primary and secondary mitral regurgitation are listed below. Primary mitral regurgitation results from ...

A 78-year-old patient with severe mitral regurgitation has successfully undergone the MitraClip procedure, marking a ...

February is Heart Month, an effort to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women.

Functional mitral valve regurgitation occurs when the left atrium or left ventricle dilates, causing the mitral valve annulus to also dilate and prevent the mitral valve leaflets from properly ...

When aortic valve stenosis becomes severe, the valve should usually be replaced. Valve insufficiency or regurgitation happens more often in the mitral valve. When a valve leaks, the leaflets don’t ...

In some people, the mitral valve, located on the left side of the heart, does not close properly, which allows blood to flow ...

Mild tricuspid valve regurgitation isn’t usually a cause for alarm, especially if you don’t have anatomical issues. About 80% of the population has mild asymptomatic tricuspid regurgitation ...

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 ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

If you've been told you have a tight valve, or stenosis, this American Heart Association video explains what it means and why it matters to your heart health. Valvular insufficiency or leakage happens ...

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