But we made a deal. We would start the project by developing one valve at a time, taking the mitral first and later doing the heart. We shook hands. In the West that was it. I watched him walk to ...

Edwards Lifesciences has received CE marking for its transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement system, setting up ...

In rheumatic heart disease, an autoimmune attack on the mitral valve produces thickening of the valve leaflets. The mitral valve is often described as having a "fish-mouth" appearance. Whether the ...

Inspection of the jugular venous pulsations may reveal a prominent A wave due to vigorous atrial contraction of a prominent V wave due to tricuspid regurgitation that develops from pulmonary ...