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 ...

Anyone who meets Katie Eddington would likely consider her the picture of optimal health. When she studied sports medicine at ...

Mitral leaflet thickening, calcification and prolapse accounted for the majority (>90%) of mitral leaflet pathology observed in both men and women, with mitral valve prolapse more frequently ...

After a series of tests, the cardiologist diagnosed her with a mitral valve prolapse, but she was later informed that the condition was a misdiagnosis.