Background Mitral valve repair (MVr) is the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral regurgitation, yet there is ...

Mitral valve disease is most commonly a disease of aging in dogs, with the valve gradually deteriorating over time. The exact cause of this degeneration is not entirely understood, but genetics ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common disease, traditionally treated with ... The most common etiologies of mitral regurgitation (MR) include degenerative and functional pathologies.

At UCLA Health, patients with valvular heart disease receive treatment from ... guideline-directed degenerative mitral valve repair. This marks the third consecutive year that UCLA Health has ...

Percutaneous valve interventions have shown great success in the treatment of mitral stenosis ... to treat functional and degenerative MR via a percutaneous approach (without associated annuloplasty).

Mitral valve leakage or regurgitation is the most common valvular heart disease. With a global prevalence ... rheumatic fever, and degenerative changes in the valve. Indiatoday spoke with Dr ...