Valvuloplasty is now widely accepted as the best method of treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, but repair for rheumatic mitral valve disease is commonly believed to yield poorer results by ...

Background Native aortic and mitral valve infective endocarditis (AVE and MVE, respectively) are usually grouped together as left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVE), while the ...

Background The presence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients is not well described. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic CHD associated with ...

The esteemed southern gentleman, William F. Holland Jr., an ordained minister, chaplain, freelance columnist, worship leader, and Christian author from central Kentucky, in an opinion piece on May 31, ...

Objective: To describe the clinical and echocardiographic outcome after mitral valve (MV) repair for active culture positive infective MV endocarditis. Patients and methods: Between 1996 and 2004, 36 ...

Severe cases of valvular regurgitation may require valve repair or valve replacement. These procedures may be performed through open-heart surgery or minimally invasive procedures, where your ...

Severe functional mitral regurgitation (fMR) is a heterogenous disease that exhibits different ... It is associated with morphological features of valve apparatus distortion resulting from ...

In the energy and industrials market, Vytl supplies components to OEMs that include Baker Hughes’ valve brands Masoneilan and Consolidated, as well as Flowserve and Rotork. Over the past year ...

As the dust begins to settle on the 19th edition of Unbound Gravel here in Emporia, it's time to take stock of everything I've pointed a camera at over the past three days. I've been here since ...

Abbott Park: Abbott has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system to treat people with mitral valve ...

The 4 heart valves include the following: Tricuspid valve. Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle. Pulmonary valve. Located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.