May 12, 2009 (Pordenone, Italy) — A new retrospective echocardiography study has shown, for the first time, that statins might reduce the progression of aortic-valve stenosis caused by rheumatic heart ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) can be organic, caused by intrinsic mitral disease such as rheumatic disease; degenerative, ruptured chord; and perforation of leaflet, or functional, where a normal valve ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https:/ / doi. org/ 10. 15212/ CVIA. 2017. 0027, researchers Yee-Ping Sun and Patrick ...

• Mitral valve repair remains a feasible option for appropriately selected rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients requiring reintervention after prior percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) ...

• The condition of predominant moderate aortic regurgitation could be ameliorated with the rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. What is known and what is new? • During MV surgery, aortic valve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with symptomatic moderate or severe rheumatic mitral stenosis before pregnancy had an increased risk for ...

There are four valves in the heart. Valves are tissue structures that open and close to let blood in and out of the heart and direct blood flow in the heart. When you have a disease of a valve, it ...

I found out during my pregnancy that I have mitral valve stenosis. How common is valve disease, and what should I know about it?

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While RHD remains asymptomatic for years in many cases, depending upon the severity of the valvular changes, it may eventually present with tiredness, feeling short of breath after exertion, and chest ...

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The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...