The causes of mitral regurgitation are diverse since the mitral valve apparatus is complex. Mitral regurgitation can occur when the mitral valve apparatus is itself diseased (primary mitral ...

Primary mitral regurgitation results from actual disease of the mitral valve apparatus. The mitral valve leaflets, annulus, papillary muscles and chordae tendinae must interact properly for the ...

Cardiac Dimensions has secured $53m in a Series E funding round to support its ongoing pivotal trial assessing the company’s ...

Among patients with up to 5 years of follow-up in the CINCH-FMR postmarket registry, use of the percutaneous device—which is anchored in the coronary sinus and cinches the mitral apparatus—safely ...

This valve is attached to the heart in two separate locations—one to the mitral annulus and the other, through the chords, to the papillary muscle apparatus—and both move with ventricular ...

Mitral valve disease is a condition that affects the mitral valve, causing blood to leak backward or flow too slowly, and can ...

The LVOT obstruction from septal contact with the anterior mitral valve leaflet may be difficult to assess with CMRI at times, as there may be a signal void due to spin dephasing within the ...