Mitral valve stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve, often due to rheumatic fever. It causes breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, and hoarseness, and may require medication or surgery ...

For patients with heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation undergoing M-TEER, baseline atrial fibrillation is associated with worse outcomes.

We found that even when the transcatheter mitral valve procedure is successful, having atrial fibrillation at the day of the procedure doubles the risk of death or rehospitalization for heart failure.

Heart murmurs and other abnormal heart sounds can be caused by a number of heart conditions. Learn about potential causes and treatment.