Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

Khon Kaen, Thailand - Anticoagulation for six months dissolves left atrial clots in about one quarter of patients with severe mitral stenosis, enabling them to undergo a less invasive percutaneous ...

Abbott reported new study findings supporting the use of its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system.

Though commonly observed in mitral stenosis, the opening snap (together with a characteristic diastolic murmur) was encountered in 2 patients of Group B. One had nonvalvular heart disease, and the ...

The device, which is delivered transapically, represents an option for very sick patients who previously have had none.

Patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who were left with high gradients after a MitraClip procedure were not inherently at a disadvantage in their subsequent clinical outcomes, according ...

A new surgical procedure using a small patch of bovine pericardium to repair the mitral valve shows promise as a safe and effective means of treating ischemic mitral regurgitation. The technique could ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...

The heart consists of four chambers, two atria and two ventricles. The atrium of each side is connected with the ventricle, and the blood flow between the two is controlled by valves Mild cases of ...