Patients with arrhythmogenic mitral valve prolapse syndrome are at increased risk for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, but studies have been limited by small sample sizes. We sought to ...

Rockwall resident Marie Cruzet reviews high-definition images of patients’ hearts so she understands the mechanics of every ...

Clinical evidence for an abnormally of extracardiac connective tissue was sought in 21 patients with idiopathic mitral valve prolapse and was compared to that in 21 matched controls. The incidence of ...

Barbie Hsu has already been dealing with various health conditions even prior to her bout with influenza, which eventually led to pneumonia, and to her death.d ...

More than 60,000 people die from heart valve disease (HVD) in the U.S. each year, according to the American Heart Association ...

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

Based on the results from the MATTERHORN (A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Mitral Valve Reconstruction for Advanced Insufficiency of Functional or Ischemic Origin), transcatheter ...

However, there are key differences in the studies that make a 1:1 comparison difficult. For one, the patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial had less severe mitral valve regurgitation than did those in the ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of primary MR, and CT can reliably detect this (50). In these cases, two- and three-chamber views can be used to identify leaflet thickening (>5 mm) and a flail ...