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 ...

We excluded patients (1) who declined research authorization; (2) without quantification of MR; (3) with functional or rheumatic MR, ≥moderate aortic valve disease or mitral stenosis, congenital heart ...

The following are key points to remember from a review on aortic stenosis (AS), heart failure ... cardiac amyloidosis; atrial fibrillation; concomitant valvular heart disease including mitral ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant ...

Matt Jaeky was only 19 the first time his heart went into atrial fibrillation (AFib). He had just come home after working a long, hot day in his summer job cutting grass and changing water meters ...

Ten patients with mitral stenosis and an accompanying ... The electrocardiogram revealed normal sinus rhythm in 7 patients and atrial fibrillation in the other 3. There was electrocardiographic ...

On Mondays, they saw a spike in patients presenting to emergency departments after a weekend of binge drinking with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, which is characterised by an ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A Jonesboro doctor marked a significant milestone in treating atrial fibrillation. Recently, Dr. Devi Nair performed the first zero-fluoro Varipulse procedure at St. Bernards.