ROCHESTER, Minn. - Disturbing evidence of higher mortality and lower surgery rates in women versus men with mitral valve prolapse and severe leakage may be related to the complexity of evaluating the ...

Recent findings may be relevant to discussions with patients and their families about the pros and cons of cardiac surgery.

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 ...

Researchers propose that Bowman’s layer thickness in the inferior half of the cornea can indicate the onset of keratoconus in patients with mitral valve prolapse. The cross-sectional, comparative, ...

When Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr‘s wife, Carol Barr, unexpectedly died at home on June 16, people were left wondering: how could a seemingly healthy 39-year-old woman die so suddenly? Barr’s cause of ...

Q: My doctor heard a heart murmur and said I might have mitral valve prolapse. He told me a little about this. Could you give me a fuller explanation? Thank you. A: First, I would like to you pay ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that is supposed to occur frequently in the presence of panic disorder. Since it is a heart condition, patients told they have this condition have one more thing ...

Inside the four chambers of your heart is a system designed to pump blood throughout your body. When that system works properly, blood flows through two chambers on the right side of your heart, then ...

Women undergoing non-mitral cardiac surgeries—specifically CABG or aortic valve replacement—are less likely than their male counterparts to receive guideline-recommended concomitant procedures to ...