Inside the four chambers of your heart is a system designed to pump blood throughout your body. When that system works properly, blood flows through two chambers on the right side of your heart, then ...

The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

Introduction: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the most common anomaly of mitral valve with different incidence (using modern criteria) and different level of pathoanatomical abnormality. In most of the ...

Dear Doctors: I am 66 years old and an avid cyclist. Last winter, after we went for a long ride, I suddenly felt lightheaded and then fainted. My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found ...

Your heart has four chambers, two on the right and two on the left. Blood flows into the right side of the heart, then to the lungs where it receives oxygen. From the lungs it flows into the left ...

Very early results with a minimally invasive chordal replacement procedure suggest that the beating-heart, echo-guided procedure may emerge as another option for treating degenerative mitral valve ...

When Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr‘s wife, Carol Barr, unexpectedly died at home on June 16, people were left wondering: how could a seemingly healthy 39-year-old woman die so suddenly? Barr’s cause of ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Disturbing evidence of higher mortality and lower surgery rates in women versus men with mitral valve prolapse and severe leakage may be related to the complexity of evaluating the ...

Q: My doctor heard a heart murmur and said I might have mitral valve prolapse. He told me a little about this. Could you give me a fuller explanation? Thank you. A: First, I would like to you pay ...

About 1 in 15 people over the age of 65 have mitral valve prolapse, which can become life-threatening. People with the condition now have a non-surgical option that can restore proper blood flow.

Dear Doctors: I am 66 years old and an avid cyclist. Last winter, after we went for a long ride, I suddenly felt lightheaded and then fainted. My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found ...

DEAR DOCTORS: I am 66 years old and an avid cyclist. Last winter, after we went for a long ride, I suddenly felt lightheaded and then fainted. My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found ...