Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who had mitral valve surgery but also tricuspid regurgitation or tricuspid annular dilation, ...

A new study found that older patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve surgery had significantly better outcomes than those who received medical management alone, ...

For patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation (TR) on top of degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), tricuspid annuloplasty done at the time of mitral valve surgery can prevent disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair was as effective as mitral valve surgery in patients with HF and mitral ...

A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, finds that patients suffering from severe mitral ...

Current guidelines recommend valve surgery for asymptomatic patients with mitral regurgitation, yet the risk of ischemic stroke occurring after such surgery is unknown. To investigate this risk, Russo ...

The study, published in the March 3, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found that patients with an effective regurgitant orifice of 40 mm 2 or more have a significantly increased risk ...

Serotonin can impact the mitral valve of the heart and potentially accelerate a cardiac condition known as degenerative mitral regurgitation, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say certain types of surgery can be safe and effective for a particular kind of heart valve disease. PER Images/Stocksy About 24 million people around the world are affected ...

A keyhole surgery procedure for mitral valve disease has been rolled out across the NHS this week after a decade-long delay due to funding struggles. The procedure, trans-catheter edge-to-edge repair ...

A leaky heart valve refers to a heart valve that does not close properly and cannot repair itself. Treatment usually involves surgery, but it is possible to resolve the issue without surgery. When a ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a serious heart condition that often requires corrective surgery. It is characterized by the backflow or "regurgitation" of blood from the heart's left ventricle into the ...