A team from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement ... they have developed a 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue ...

In rheumatic heart disease, an autoimmune attack on the mitral valve produces thickening of the valve leaflets. The mitral valve is often described as having a "fish-mouth" appearance. Whether the ...

Life became increasingly difficult for those patients who were facing chronic heart problems. Mitral valve leakage or regurgitation is the most common valvular heart disease. With a global ...

Inspection of the jugular venous pulsations may reveal a prominent A wave due to vigorous atrial contraction of a prominent V wave due to tricuspid regurgitation that develops from pulmonary ...