Diagnosis: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in conjunction with coronary artery disease. Management: Surgical excision of the mobile lesion and an end-to-side anastomosis of the left ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(6):350-353. Randall N de Visser, RN de Visser gained his medical degree in 1996 from the University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and in 1997 he ...

For every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increase in the risk of CMD and a 7% increased risk of future serious heart disease, regardless of other known risk factors and body ...

In the first place, several pathologic changes may assault the delicate interaction of the many components of the mitral complex. 1 The papillary muscles, as integral parts of the mitral apparatus ...

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