People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery.

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 ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

"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 ...

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 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 ...

—This retrospective case-control study found that patients with age-related macular degeneration had a higher prevalence of valvular heart disease and a higher likelihood of undergoing heart ...