These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves. A heart murmur can occur when one of these valves does not function properly. The aortic valve sits between the left ventricle ...

Heart murmurs can go away on their own ... that treats mitral regurgitation. The MitraClip pinches your mitral valve so it can close more fully. Closing your mitral valve stops blood from leaking ...

Although the direction of radiation of the murmur depends on the nature of the mitral valve disease, it usually radiates to the axilla. The intensity of the murmur of MR does not increase with ...

Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded ...

The direction of radiation of the murmur depends on the nature of the mitral valve disease; however, it usually radiates to the axilla. The intensity of the murmur of MR does not increase with ...

February is Heart Month, an effort to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women.

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

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Spread the loveIt had been on January 11 when a skeletal dog arrived at the emergency room holding onto life by a thread. Her ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...