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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 60,000 people die from heart valve disease (HVD) in the U.S. each year, according to the American Heart Association ...

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 ...

Corewell Health was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award, one of only 24 centers in the country.

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

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

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 ...