In time, the heart can become enlarged, and heart failure can occur. Mitral valve prolapse happens when the valve flaps of the mitral valve do not close properly. Instead, they bulge into the left ...

An important part of preventive healthcare, some heart health screening tests may start around age 20. Other tests may not be needed until you are older. Routine heart health screenings are an ...

10 We reviewed patients with symptomatic MR who underwent a transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system from August 2010 to October 2018. All patients were deemed ...

2D TTE is the main method to define leaflet thickening (use fundamental imaging), leaflet mobility (normal, increased (including prolapse ... the valve morphology and (2) the size, shape and function ...

1·675 + 0·037 × age (years) + 0·094 × body mass index (kg/m 2) + 1·13 × impaired fasting glycaemia or diabetes (yes=1, no=0) + 0·99 × aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio – ...