Mitral valve prolapse (Barlow’s disease) is a connective tissue disorder which results in the valve leaflets becoming redundant causing prolapse into the left atrium during systole. This can ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

Click here for a full review of mitral regurgitation. Below is a brief summary. Mitral regurgitation is the abnormal backward flow of blood from the left ventricle (LV) to the left atrium (LA) due ...