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 ...

A 78-year-old patient with severe mitral regurgitation has successfully undergone the MitraClip procedure, marking a ...

Doctors categorize tricuspid valve regurgitation into stages depending on a few factors: your symptoms the anatomy of your valve the severity of the regurgitation Mild tricuspid valve ...

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 ...

The symptoms of tricuspid regurgitation include ... The murmur of tricuspid regurgitation is similar to that of mitral regurgitation. It is a high pitched, holosystolic murmur however it is ...

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

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 ...

Severe tricuspid regurgitation is associated with disabling symptoms and an increased risk of death. Transcatheter tricuspid-valve replacement may improve outcomes. New research findings are ...