Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered a significant warning sign that may help predict the ...

Imricor Medical Systems announced that it commenced a trial by completing its first-in-human ventricular ablation procedure.

Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral ...

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A rare case of cor triatriatum was diagnosed in a 34-year-old woman using transoesophageal echocardiography after initial ...

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

with previous atrial switch repair (Mustard/Senning operation), congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA), hypoplastic left heart syndrome palliated with the Norwood-Fontan ...

Stenosis of the mitral valve (the valve that lies between the left atrium and left ventricle), a common cause of right-sided heart failure. Blood returning to the left atrium from the lungs tends to ...

The impulse is then passed through the atrioventricular (AV) node, located on the floor of the right atrium, causing the lower chambers ... This reduces the amount of blood pumped out of the left ...

The standard CMR planning technique is primarily designed for left ventricular strain analysis, which can lead to incomplete capture of the left atrium geometrics, underestimation of the longest LA ...

Many patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation are not suitable candidates for surgery or transcatheter repair. For transcatheter mitral valve replacement, a common contraindication is the ...