Assessment Prior to stress testing, a complete echocardiogram should be performed at rest, particularly in patients in whom coronary artery bypass grafting is planned and mitral valve repair ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

February is Heart Month, an effort to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women.

Echocardiography is the primary means to ... using the modified Bernoulli equation as described above. The mitral valve area can be found using the continuity equation and the pulmonary artery ...

The Wilkins score examines mitral valve morphology and is determined via echocardiography to assess the likelihood of using PBMV based on certain echocardiographic criteria. New York Heart ...

an echocardiogram - an ultrasound of the heart - or an electrocardiogram (ECG) to examine the condition of your dog’s heart and the severity of the mitral valve degeneration. These tests are non ...

Transthoracic echocardiography showed multiple vegetations on the anterior mitral leaflet, a mobile vegetation on the surface of the aortic noncoronary cusp and another on the tricuspid valve.

Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.