Audio for this episode will be available on Friday. Since time immemorial, dancing has been an important cultural and social ...

A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have developed an innovative computer model of blood flow in the human heart that promises to transform how we understand, diagnose, and treat heart ...

The anterior mitral leaflet prolapsed, presumed to be led by the ventricular aneurysm, with stiff, thickened chordae tendineae in region A1, as a consequence of swelling by oedema. Therefore, the ...

The mitral valve is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle and is composed of two flaps. Normally the flaps are held tightly closed during left ventricular contraction (systole) by the ...