Normal heart sounds —S1 and S2—are created by one or more heart valves closing. The valves close to create a tight seal, preventing blood from flowing backward through the heart. S1 reflects the ...

Knowing there is such a high event rate associated with severe secondary mitral regurgitation, it makes sense to ask whether performing mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in ...

A total of 505 patients underwent randomization: 250 were assigned to the device group and 255 to the control group. At 24 months, the rate of first or recurrent hospitalization for heart failure ...

Source Reference: Anker SD, et al "Transcatheter valve repair in heart failure with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation" N Engl J Med 2024; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2314328.

Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR), characterized by normal mitral valve (MV) function and left ventricular ...

Patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) who undergo mitral valve (MV) surgery experience significantly better outcomes than those who rely solely on medical management ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when floppy or excess valve tissue doesn’t close correctly. Instead, it bulges into the heart’s left atrium, causing mitral regurgitation.

Abbott said it offered hope for people severely ill with a condition called mitral regurgitation and too frail for surgery. Since MitraClip won FDA approval, though: Versions of the device have ...

Doctors classify mitral valve regurgitation into four progressive stages. Symptoms typically don’t appear until the final stages but monitoring and treatment in earlier stages may help slow ...

A mechanism for immediate reduction in mitral regurgitation after cardiac resynchronization therapy: insights from mechanical activation strain mapping. J Am Coll Cardiol. (2004) 44:1619–25. doi: ...