All were considered to have rheumatic valvular disease except for 1 patient with mitral regurgitation secondary to ruptured chordae tendinae. Aortic-valve disease severe enough to require ...

is leakiness of the aortic valve when it's closed. It causes blood to leak back from the aorta into the heart's left ventricle. Mitral Valve Disease The mitral valve separates the left atrium ...

Frequently, rheumatic mitral stenosis or aortic valve disease is also present. Infective endocarditis involving the mitral valve leaflets leads to dysfunctional coaptation or leaflet perforation.

The majority of IE cases are presumably secondary to dental pathology, followed by otitis media or sinusitis • Mitral ... disease is the most frequently cited risk factor • Aortic valve ...

If aortic root disease is the cause of the aortic regurgitation ... due to the regurgitant jet striking the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and causing it to vibrate. A widened pulse pressure ...

A diastolic thrill was palpable, however, over the septal leaflet of the mitral valve in each case, thereby indicating the presence of insufficiency of the aortic valve. In the original report the ...

Oxygenated blood returns from the lungs and flows into the left atrium, where the mitral valve allows it into the left ventricle. The blood moves from the left ventricle through the aortic valve ...

The research demonstrated that variations in chromosome 22 may contribute to the individual severity of nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease and the risk for complications. Bicuspid aortic ...

The four heart valves – pulmonary and tricuspid on the right, and aortic and mitral on the left of the heart – control the blood flow. Heart valve disease is when one or more do not work as ...

Diagnosis: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in conjunction with coronary artery disease. Management: Surgical excision of the mobile lesion and an end-to-side anastomosis of the left ...

Raipur: The cardio surgery department of state-run Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital successfully performed a challenging open heart surgery on a .