Beta-blockers may be able to treat mitral valve regurgitation medically and prevent the early stages of heart failure often seen in these patients — without valve-replacement surgery, according to ...

Edwards Lifesciences EW announced that the FDA approved its SAPIEN M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system, making ...

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A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue ...

Valvular heart disease remains common in industrialized countries, because the decrease in prevalence of rheumatic heart diseases has been accompanied by an increase in that of degenerative valve ...

Symptoms of mitral valve prolapse may cause or increase anxiety for some people. Stress and anxiety may contribute to the development of heart problems but aren’t a common cause of mitral valve ...

LONDON, England—A new analysis is emphasizing the prognostic significance of residual tricuspid regurgitation (TR) following mitral valve-in-valve procedures, with investigators showing that those ...

Routine echocardiography in cancer centers can spot severe valve disease earlier and trigger timely treatment decisions.

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 ...

Tricuspid valve (TV) disease most often occurs secondary to left-sided heart disease, particularly mitral valve (MV) regurgitation or stenosis. Appropriate treatment, even when TV regurgitation is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...