including conditions that mimic mitral stenosis, is below. In rheumatic heart disease, autoimmune inflammation involving the mitral valve produces thickening of the valve leaflets and commissural ...

The replacement system is launching into markets already served by repair devices, namely Edwards’ Pascal and Abbott’s ...

Mitral Valve Stenosis: The valve becomes too narrow ... For more severe cases, options include: Prioritizing Heart Health ...

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 ...

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

After acquiring its developer last year, Edwards Lifesciences has now obtained a European approval for what it described as ...

If you've been told you have a tight valve, or stenosis, this American Heart Association video explains what it means and why it matters to your heart health. Valvular insufficiency or leakage happens ...

The mitral valve was normal. Comment. The squeaking quality in a predominantly apical murmur led to a diagnosis of aortic stenosis in addition to coronary and hypertensive heart disease.

For conditions such as truncus arteriosus and severe aortic stenosis without good ... had performed the first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in 30-40% of patients presenting for mitral valve surgery. In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females. A study led by bioengineers at the University of ...