For example, if a patient develops systolic heart ... The causes of mitral regurgitation are diverse since the mitral valve apparatus is complex. Mitral regurgitation can occur when the mitral ...

Journi Kelly, 11, needed a new heart. But her heart valves helped 2 other girls and allowed doctors to perform the 1st living mitral valve replacement.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls ...