Rheumatic mitral valve disease is less amenable to repair than degenerative mitral valve disease. Therefore, repair should be attempted only in patients with less advanced rheumatic mitral valve ...
ST. LOUIS — Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explains mitral valve disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls ...
"While there is clear clinical benefit of avoiding further tricuspid valve disease by doing simultaneous ... Risk of Pacemaker Implantation After Degenerative Mitral and Concomitant Tricuspid ...
Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR ... is a known prognostic factor in heart diseases like heart failure and degenerative MR. It is also frequently observed in AFMR patients, making ...
The exact cause of the degeneration is unknown ... In this setting, rheumatic mitral valve disease is almost always present. Some degree of aortic regurgitation generally accompanies rheumatic ...
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 ...
The chordae tendineae (CT), often referred to as the “heart strings,” are thin, tendinous structures that connect the heart ...