The device has evolved from one aimed at just functional MR to a broader HF therapy. EMPOWER will provide more insights.

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

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

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

In 1961, K Merendino ‘in pure curiosity’, while tracking the murmur of mitral regurgitation, placed his stethoscope ‘on the vertex of the head’, and ultimately led to a medical curiosity and exam ...

Valve thrombosis can occur in mechanical prosthetic valves ... is absence of prosthetic opening or closing sound (for mechanical valves), new heart murmur or signs compatible with pulmonary oedema and ...

Within a cohort of >600 000 individuals without prior mitral valve intervention, 5.9%–6.8% and 1.6%–1.7% of men and women, had moderate and severe MR. Like severe MR, at the time of investigation, ...

As the number of procedures is expected to rise, a consistent methodology to characterize the mitral valve and identify the most suitable TMVR device for each patient is of paramount importance.

Dopamine infusion did not improve blood pressure, and the murmur increased to grade 3/6 intensity ... bleeding, or diuresis), mitral valve abnormalities (redundant, long anterior leaflet), and ...