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Mitral valve clips can help repair damage to the mitral valve in the heart. Learn about the conditions they can treat, what to expect from surgery, and more.
Transcatheter mitral valve repair: The surgeon places a device called a MitraClip® around your mitral valve to reduce leakage and help with symptoms. This procedure is only recommended for patients ...
In some cases, you may have mitral valve repair surgery initially and then get replacement surgery at a later time if the repair does not work or eventually fails. How to Make an Appointment. Patients ...
Mitral valve prolapse is a minor heart issue where blood can leak backward into the heart. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and managing the condition. Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP): Symptoms ...
In patients who had mitral valve surgery but also tricuspid regurgitation or tricuspid annular dilation, performing concomitant tricuspid valve repair lowered risk for progression of tricuspid ...
UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast to discuss the causes and treatment options for degenerative valve ...
The mitral valve controls the flow of blood from the heart’s left atrium down to the left ventricle, where it is pumped out to the body. When part of the valve doesn’t close properly, it’s ...
Background: There are insufficient data regarding how to deal with moderate aortic valve (AV) dysfunction during rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. In this study, the clinical outcomes of ...
Those cases may require heart surgery to repair or replace the mitral valve. A. Pawlowski. A. Pawlowski is a TODAY health reporter focusing on health news and features.
The other valve problem that we see commonly that people are born with is mitral valve prolapse. Where the connective tissue is a bit stretchier in these patients, and that can lead to those ...