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 ...

Mitral valve prolapse (Barlow’s disease) is a connective tissue disorder which results in the valve leaflets becoming redundant causing prolapse into the left atrium during systole. This can lead to ...

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 ...

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 ...

These include an echocardiogram, which maps the heart with high-frequency sound waves, and a cardiac MRI, which creates a detailed image of the heart. Each helps to evaluate the degree of mitral valve ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...