At 15 years, survival was similar among adults aged 50 to 69 years who underwent mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic or bioprosthetic valve, according to results of a new study.

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

(Reuters Health) - People who need a heart valve replaced often face a dilemma: should they have a mechanical valve made of graphite or a biological valve derived from a cow or pig? A new study ...

ALTHOUGH Fauvel, 1 in 1843, attributed the apical presystolic murmur to stenosis of the mitral valve, Duroziez's 2 description — "ffout-tata-rou" — in 1862 has been considered as the classic ...

Less aggressive anticoagulation therapy, combined with low-dose aspirin, can be used safely in conjunction with a newer generation mechanical heart valve, a study shows. Patients under 65 years of age ...

In a comparison of mechanical prosthetic vs bioprosthetic mitral valves among patients 50 to 69 years of age undergoing mitral valve replacement, there was no significant difference in survival at 15 ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

S1 is the first heart sound that doctors can hear using a stethoscope. The vibrations that occur when the mitral and tricuspid valves in the heart close produce the S1 sound. There are two common ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a heart condition that occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium. Symptoms do not always occur. When they ...