Heart Valve Leaky
A new device offers hope for patients with a leaky heart valve who are too sick for open-heart surgery, according to a study funded by the company that makes the device.
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What is a Leaky Valve?
Lisa Nelson RD #3: Please explain briefly what a leaking valve is and if someone chooses not to correct a "leaky valve" via surgery... Read more »
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New method for leaky heart valve repair shows promise
Researchers who tested a reversible implant called the Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty (PTMA) system--which is installed via a... Read more »
Mitral valve prolapse
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Barlow syndrome; Floppy mitral valve; Myxomatous mitral valve; Billowing mitral valve; Systolic click-murmur syndrome; Prolapsing mitral leaflet... Read more »
Mitral Valve Stenosis
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In mitral valve stenosis, the mitral valve leaflets are fused together by scar tissue, gradually narrowing the valve and slowing the flow of blood... Read more »
Heart valve surgery
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Heart valve surgery is used to repair or replace diseased heart valves.Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a... Read more »
Statins may help prevent--and even reverse--heart-valve damage...
Heart-valve disease, long thought to be simply a result of aging, may be helped by statins. Researchers at Northwestern University have found that... Read more »
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