Patients were prospectively enrolled in the study following an initial echocardiographic and clinical evaluation. Inclusion criteria were: (i) ischaemic or non-ischaemic LV systolic dysfunction ...

Mitral valve disease is when the heart’s mitral valve stops functioning correctly. This can lead to blood not flowing around the body correctly and cause several health complications. The mitral valve ...

A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...

Ronald Wharton, MD: Greetings from the Bronx. This is Dr Ronald Wharton. I am a cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and I am sharing a case which I ...

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

The mitral valve is a flap of tissue that sits in the left side of the heart, between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It keeps blood flowing in the forward direction, from the atrium into the ...