The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s ...

There are no exercise restrictions for people with mitral valve prolapse. However, they should avoid the same unhealthy lifestyle practices that apply to everyone, including eating non-nutritious food ...

The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

Transcatheter implantation of the Tendyne mitral valve replacement device for treatment of mitral regurgitation in patients at prohibitive surgical risk because of severe mitral annular calcification ...

Austin physicians are trying new ways to treat chronic heart conditions. Five cardiologists at Heart Hospital of Austin are ...

Edwards Lifesciences today shared new data demonstrating successful outcomes with its mitral and tricuspid therapies.

Progress continues to be made on new transcatheter devices for the treatment of severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, investigators reported. Several valve repair and replacement technologies, ...

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 ...

One hundred and twenty patients with mitral stenosis were studied by combined catheterization. Thirty-five of these patients with pure mitral stenosis are the subject of this study. The diagnosis was ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for the treatment of patients with mitral valve dysfunction, device manufacturer ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...