When any disease process decreases the mitral valve area, mitral stenosis (MS) develops. As mitral stenosis progresses, increased left atrial pressure is required to maintain stroke volume.

Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

When aortic valve stenosis becomes severe, the valve should usually be replaced. Valve insufficiency or regurgitation happens more often in the mitral valve. When a valve leaks, the leaflets don’t ...

Mitral valve stenosis is the narrowing of the mitral valve, which limits the forward flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. It's often due to rheumatic fever, a complication of ...

Dental hygiene may not be the first thing many think about when they consider what can impact their heart health. For one ...

If the mitral valve narrows, you can have restricted blood flow. Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation can ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

The tricuspid valve is anatomically complex. It’s often called the “forgotten valve” because of its position in the back of ...

In the United States about 10% of aortic stenosis is caused by rheumatic disease and the remainder by calcification of a unicuspid, bicuspid, or normal trileaflet valve. [11–14] Calcific aortic ...

ACURATE neo2 TAVI achieves high success in severe bicuspid aortic stenosis, demonstrating strong 30-day safety and efficacy.

When any disease process decreases the mitral valve area, mitral stenosis (MS) develops. As mitral stenosis progresses over time, the pressure in the left atrium rises. This pressure is ...