Posterior mitral valve leaflet aneurysms are extremely rare complications of infective endocarditis of the aortic valve. Destruction of the aortic valve results in a regurgitant jet that strikes the ...

Multimodality imaging has provided important insights in the pathophysiology of mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, and aortic regurgitation Grading the severity of valve dysfunction is an ...

A cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Sinai, Dr. Anelechi Anyanwu specializes in performing surgeries for complex heart valve problems and heart failure. This is the fourth column in a series recognizing ...

Background A 67-year-old man was admitted to a coronary care unit for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with complicating acute heart failure. Severe mitral regurgitation was detected by ...

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In patients with significant myxomatous mitral regurgitation who underwent exercise echocardiography for symptom evaluation and risk stratification, lower exercise capacity, lower heart rate recovery, ...

TCT 55: Intentional Laceration of the Anterior Mitral Leaflet to Prevent Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (LAMPOON) During TMVR: First-in-Human Findings Receive the the latest news, research ...

Scientists have investigated the ways oxygen permeates heart valves and the role hypoxia plays in valve diseases. As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving ...

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 ...