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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 ...

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

In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral-valve replacement, pure or predominant mitral regurgitation could not consistently be relieved by operation, and although it was clear that ...

The anatomic characteristics of the mitral valve in 70–80% of these patients were outside the inclusion criteria stated in the EVEREST II trial. [48] Therefore, in the 'real-world' setting it ...

The area of a normal mitral valve is 4 to 6 cm 2. This area is sufficient to allow a great deal of blood to flow from the left atrium (LA) to the left ventricle. When any disease process decreases ...

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 ...

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Spider mites appear as rashes caused by issues with the skin’s arterioles. These are small arteries that supply blood and ...

Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...