The left atrium and ventricle can adapt quite well to primary chronic mitral regurgitation, and symptoms may be delayed for years. With acute mitral regurgitation, the left ventricle cannot ...

Functional mitral valve regurgitation occurs when the left atrium or left ventricle dilates, causing the mitral valve annulus to also dilate and prevent the mitral valve leaflets from properly ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

Regurgitation has unmistakable symptoms. The hallmark symptom of regurgitation is the sensation of your stomach contents coming back up and into your throat or mouth. You might taste the recently ...

Mitral regurgitation happens when blood leaks backward ... Valvular heart disease may not cause symptoms, particularly in the early stages. As the condition progresses, it affects your blood ...

If the condition is severe enough, blood may flow backward between the leaflet segments into the left atrium rather than all of it flowing completely in one direction (regurgitation). If left ...