THE case reported below illustrates two interesting and unusual phenomena. The first is the production of the physical signs and phonocardiographic evidence of aortic stenosis in a patient with mitral ...

The mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve. This is one of the heart’s four valves that help prevent blood from flowing backward as it moves through the heart. Read on to learn more about ...

THE chordae tendineae serve an essential anchoring function in the mechanics of mitral-valve closure during ventricular systole. Rupture of one or more of these fibrous structures usually leads to ...

This minimal access procedure for mitral regurgitation is done under general anaesthesia on a beating heart with no need for cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump). Using transoesophageal echocardiography ...

Off-pump minimal access mitral valve repair by artificial chordae insertion can be used in the NHS during the evidence generation period, as an option to treat mitral regurgitation caused by mitral ...