Madam Tay Sioh Lian began experiencing bouts of breathlessness while walking or climbing the stairs. “I couldn’t even walk 30 steps,” recalled Madam Tay, who was then 74 years old. During a check-up, ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes ...

Major limitations of the study include its observational nature and small sample, Ninios cautioned.

To validate our reference standard for mitral regurgitation (specifically, to affirm our ability to quantify flow through the mitral annulus echocardiographically), we selected 30 patients on the ...

Objectives To evaluate the variation between individuals in terms of basal chordae (BC) attachment sites on the mitral valve (MV) and the influence of this variation on secondary mitral regurgitation ...

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 ...

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 ...