T indicates the thrombus. Arrow points to the stenotic mitral valve. The presence of tight mitral stenosis and of massive thrombosis of the left atrium at autopsy was a surprising finding.

The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either transcatheter mitral-valve repair and guideline-recommended medical therapy (device group) or medical therapy alone (control group). The three ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in 30-40% of patients presenting for mitral valve surgery. In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased ...

Valve's Deadlock has seemingly broken its own Steam store page rules. After weeks of not talking about Deadlock, despite it accruing concurrent players in the realm of tens of thousands, Valve ...

Heart valve diseases constitute a significant public health burden with mitral regurgitation (MR), aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation (AR), and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) being the most common ...

Valve is finally ready to take the wraps off Deadlock, its not-so-secret multiplayer game that thousands of people have been playing for weeks. Throughout August, Deadlock has slowly been gaining ...

More information: Nobuyuki Kagiyama et al, Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Surgery in Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation in the REVEAL-AFMR Registry, JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001 ...

Freedom from AF at 6 months Maze group 87.2% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 Freedom from AF at 12 months Maze group 93.6% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 In-hospital mortality 3% in Maze group vs 3% ...

Mitral valve disease occurs when the valves in the upper heart chamber don’t open or close properly. This can cause blood to flow backward out of the heart (regurgitation) or can restrict blood ...