Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...

April 4, 2012 (Vancouver, British Columbia and Quebec City, Quebec) — Moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation (MR) is relatively common in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation ...

HEMOPTYSIS occurs quite frequently as a consequence of mitral stenosis, but massive, life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage is distinctly unusual. 1–4,5,6 Oppenheimer and Schwartz 3 have termed its ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter mitral valve repair improved clinical outcomes in patients with HF across all quartiles of mitral ...

Even women who felt well before pregnancy may begin to notice symptoms around 28 to 30 weeks, when the cardiovascular system reaches its peak workload.

Answer questions and review cases on these topics and more. A 45-year-old female presents with dyspnea with a moderate amount of exertion. She can walk up two flights of stairs or two blocks before ...