There are many causes of left atrial and left ventricular dilation, and the treatment of this type of mitral regurgitation is directed at the primary cause. For example, if a patient develops ...

Known causes of primary and secondary mitral regurgitation are listed below. Primary mitral regurgitation results from disease of, or damage, to the mitral valve apparatus itself. The mitral valve ...

Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation can both affect your mitral valve. Stenosis causes symptoms like ...

Risks for structural heart disease and noncardiac complications are markedly different with tricuspid valves vs aortic and mitral valves. For example, severe tricuspid regurgitation causes and ...

[26] Nonetheless, this turbulent jet through the LVOT, coupled with an eccentric jet of mitral regurgitation, is highly suggestive of a significant LVOT obstruction (Figure 6). Phase velocity flow ...