High-volume centres achieve excellent long-term survival and low reoperation rates in mitral valve repair—key findings ...

With chronic mitral regurgitation, the left atrium hypertrophies and dilates, increasing LA compliance to accommodate volume loading at near-normal pressure. In contrast, acute mitral ...

Diastolic mitral regurgitation can ... filling period increasing LV pressure toward end-diastole despite a lower left atrial pressure. The regurgitant volume is thought to be small and clinically ...

The device has evolved from one aimed at just functional MR to a broader HF therapy. EMPOWER will provide more insights.

For Heart Month, Lynne Currie, the Baptist Heart Valve Coordinator, explained what Mitral Valve Regurgitation is, and what ...