Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common disease, traditionally treated with ... The most common etiologies of mitral regurgitation (MR) include degenerative and functional pathologies.

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.

"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 ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s Sapien M3 secured CE mark for its Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system for transfemoral treatment of patients with mitral valve disease who are ineligible for surgery ...

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 ...