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 ...

Ischemic mitral regurgitation is defined as mitral insufficiency that occurs as a result of coronary artery disease in the absence of intrinsic structural abnormalities of the mitral valve. Ischemic ...

Ronald H. Wharton, MD: Greetings. This is Ronald Wharton. I am a cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and assistant professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of ...

How to navigate the likelihood ratios for mitral regurgitation presented by the physical exam, particularly auscultation, are the focus of this episode of AP Cardiology with host Andrew Perry, MD, ...

What Is Mitral Valve Regurgitation? When your heart pumps blood, it’s supposed to follow a specific path in one direction. But sometimes, it goes the wrong way. Mitral valve regurgitation is when your ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a heart condition that occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium. Symptoms do not always occur. When they ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

There is evidence that mitral regurgitation increases the risk of death following myocardial infarction. A recent study by Bursi and colleagues has investigated the association between mitral ...

The optimal treatment strategy for fluctuating MR is uncertain, but can include a combination of surgery, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and new mitral valve approaches Mitral regurgitation (MR) ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of a heart murmur caused by a "leaky" heart valve. Most cases of mitral valve prolapse are not serious and only need to be monitored. Mitral valve prolapse is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Among PROVE-HF trial participants with HF with reduced ejection fraction and moderate to ...