Out-of-hospital mortality before 30 days was 1.2%, with roughly two-thirds of these patients dying from cardiovascular causes.

The typical normal adult mitral valve area is between 4 and 5 cm 2. (Hurst’s The Heart;Chapter 50, 12a.) This area allows the normal stroke volume to flow from the left atrium (LA) to the left ...

Considering taking supplements to treat mitral valve prolapse? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of mitral valve prolapse. Follow the links to read ...

Members of the Belleville Area Humane Society visit FOX 2 News at 11 a.m. with Mr. Cheeks, a cuddle bug cat who is ready for adoption. Belleville Area Humane Society 1301 South 11th Street Open ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls ...

Boston Scientific has led a $175 million funding round for the mitral valve developer 4C Medical, which is currently working ...

In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North ...

Capstan Medical announced its first in-human cardiac valve replacements using its catheter-based robotic surgical platform.

The mitral valve was found to be stenosed and heavily ... increased single 2nd sound at the pulmonic area, an opening snap and a soft apical diastolic rumble. A Grade 4/6 decrescendo diastolic ...

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 ...

One valve went to 14-year-old Margaret Van Bruggen, a cross-country runner from Charlotte, N.C., who urgently needed a mitral valve replacement after a severe bacterial infection. The other valve ...