The most common cause of chronic mitral regurgitation in the United States is myxomatous change as seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP). The middle layer of the valve leaflets become thickened ...

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 ...

The main complication of mitral valve prolapse is mitral regurgitation, where blood leaks backwards, and therefore doesn’t deliver oxygen to the heart and throughout the body to maintain its ...

February is American Heart Month, so I felt it was finally time to share my personal heart story. My paternal line has a long ...

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 ...

Mild tricuspid valve regurgitation isn’t usually a cause for alarm, especially if you don’t have anatomical issues. About 80% of the population has mild asymptomatic tricuspid regurgitation ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

His ejection fraction was critically low at just 10%, making him prone to severe mitral regurgitation, where blood leaks backward due to improper valve closure. Six months ago, he underwent a CRT ...