ROCHESTER, Minn. — A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic ...

Patients with mitral annulus calcification are at more than double the risk for mitral valve dysfunction, a study published June 1 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found. Researchers retrospectively ...

A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...

The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery -- from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release -- is similar, whether performed through small port incisions using robotic ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) with the Tendyne system (Abbott) successfully treats mitral regurgitation (MR) or stenosis complicated by severe mitral annular ...

Transcatheter implantation of the Tendyne mitral valve replacement device for treatment of mitral regurgitation in patients at prohibitive surgical risk because of severe mitral annular calcification ...

i am 31, female. I have been diagnosed with Mitral Valve plolapse due to calcification. I was so stunned and did not ask many questions. What is this condition and what can i expect from the future?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system is ...

Mitral valve repair can be done in two ways. “Balloon Valvuloplasty” is a cardiac catheterization procedure mostly performed for patients with Mitral Stenosis. An interventional cardiologist does this ...