Background The presence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in congenital heart disease (CHD ... Echocardiographically, MVP was defined as single or bileaflet displacement at least 2 mm beyond the ...

A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan are test driving mechanical heart valves —and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others. Associate ...

According to the company, the complex nature of mitral valve disease and patients' specific needs and health conditions can pose challenges for surgical correction. For patients with severe MAC who ...

AS indicates aortic stenosis; AVC, aortic valve calcification; CHARGE, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genetic Epidemiology; CXCL, chemokine (C‐X‐C motif) ligand; NA, not available; SNV, ...

The heart consists of 4 chambers--2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 ventricles (lower chambers). Blood passes through a valve as it leaves each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow ...

Sort of like testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test driving a number of mechanical heart valves (MHV)-and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

bc.edu Medical professionals often deny patients who inject opioids a second or third heart valve replacement, even if such a surgery is medically indicated. However, such a position is not well ...

Although many patients requiring long term anti-thrombotic therapy now can be treated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin, remain the only treatment option ...

which encodes a cardiac transcription factor that is a genetic aetiology of non-syndromic congenital heart disease. Lastly, an inbred strain of Syrian hamsters frequently have two leaflet aortic ...

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Duke Congenital Heart Surgery Research and Training Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC (N.K.P., B.A., M.M.-M., D.M.O., J.W.T.). Department of Surgery, Duke ...