Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a speech condition that occurs when the soft palate and throat are unable to create a seal while speaking. This causes nasal speech that can make the speaker ...

The prevalence and impact of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) is unknown. We aimed to determine whether RVD assessed by echocardiography in routine ...

The following are key points to remember from a review on aortic stenosis (AS), heart failure (HF), and aortic valve replacement ... concomitant valvular heart disease including mitral regurgitation ...

Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s heart is made up of four different chambers. The top two chambers are known as the left and ...

Aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation are the two most common conditions that lead to aortic valve surgery because, if left untreated, they lead to progression of symptoms that can result in sudden ...

It appears that the cause of the early diastolic murmur along the left sternal border in patients with mitral stenosis is due, in most cases, to adynamic aortic regurgitation rather than secondary ...

The presence of an abdominal murmur has been most extensively studied in hypertension secondary to stenosis of the renal artery. Murmurs are frequently present in such cases, but their diagnostic ...

A tragic case in Canada has raised concerns about the country's healthcare system after Adam Burgoyne, 39, died from an aortic aneurysm following an unsuccessful hospital visit. On December 6 ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Detecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound ...

New guidelines on the diagnosis and management of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) – developed by the Centre for Research Excellence in Women's Health in Reproductive Life (CRE-WHiRL ...