HonorHealth Research Institute clinical trial, using non-surgical techniques, showed 86% of patients with a type of usually ...

Background Proximal flow convergence is a promising method to quantify mitral regurgitation but may overestimate flow when the flow field is constrained.This has not been investigated clinically, nor ...

Meril Life Sciences, a leading global med-tech company, marked a significant milestone with the launch of MyClip, India's ...

Objective This study aims to evaluate the role of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) in patients with SLE with heart valve ...

Mitral valve surgery has changed considerably in the past decades and is now indicated mostly for pure or predominant mitral regurgitation. This is the result of the regression of rheumatic disease, ...

Cite this: Long-term Prognosis of Medically Treated Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction - Medscape - Jun 01, 2009. Abstract and Introduction Methods ...

Objectives Echocardiographic methods are used to quantify mitral regurgitation (MR) severity; however, their applicability, accuracy and reproducibility have been debated. We aimed to develop and ...

Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement with a Novel Polymeric Valve: 30-Day Results from an Indian Clinical Study of the Foldax TRIA Valve. Presented at New York Valves: The Structural Summit, June 5-7 ...

Mitral valve regurgitation: Primary mitral valve regurgitation can develop due to congenital heart defects, infections, and complications such as rheumatic heart disease, ...

BACKGROUND: Severe functional mitral regurgitation (fMR) is a heterogenous disease that exhibits different underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and represents independent entities. The aim of this ...

Mitral valve prolapse (also known as click-murmur syndrome, Barlow's syndrome, balloon mitral valve, or floppy valve syndrome) With this defect, the mitral valve leaflets bulge and don't close ...