Now there are more than 20 mitral valve replacement devices in clinical ... Now we have 3-D approaches with echo, cardiac CT and MRI to illuminate the structure and function of all four valves.

The presence of "mitral ... stenosis (see Heart Sounds). This occurs since the increased left atrial pressures in early mitral stenosis forces the mobile portion of the mitral valve leaflets ...

In this patient, mitral valve thickening due to valvular tissue ... Selected images from repeat cardiac MRI reveal increased nonischemic, nonterritorial abnormal late gadolinium enhancement ...

In rheumatic heart disease, an autoimmune attack on the mitral valve produces thickening of the valve leaflets. The mitral valve is often described as having a "fish-mouth" appearance. Whether the ...

The diagnosis of HCM was excluded by echocardiography in 819 (98%) on the basis of an LV wall thickness <12 mm, absence of systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet causing LV ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve by a young, Oregon-based cardiac surgeon and a retired engineer.

The obstructive form, which represents about two-thirds of the entire HCM population, occurs when the mitral valve moves ... of sudden cardiac death, and those with scar tissue by MRI of the ...