Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated the presence of a left ventricular aneurysm and significant mitral valve regurgitation. The posterior mitral leaflet was relatively short, possibly a ...

Atrioventricular valve regurgitation (AVVR ... by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop leaking in the mitral valve, which controls blood flow between the lower left and the upper left ...

Sixteen per cent of patients underwent mitral valve surgery; 166 patients (41.2%) had mild MR, 195 (48.1%) moderate, and 43 (10.7%) severe. Of the patients with an EF between 40 and 50% (26.5% of ...