Mitral valve repair and replacement are cardiac surgical procedures used to treat structural ... enables blood to circulate between the two left chambers of the heart. If blood cannot pass through or ...
In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.
In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral-valve replacement, pure or predominant mitral regurgitation could not consistently be relieved by operation, and although it was clear that ...
Mitral valve prolapse often requires making some lifestyle adjustments to manage your symptoms and prevent complications. Mitral valve prolapse occurs when the valve between your heart’s left ...