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 ...

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 ...

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 22, 2026 — University of California, Irvine and Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health researchers have identified fundamental structural and functional differences between two major ...

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is safe and effective for patients with mitral valve stenosis even in the presence of significant commissural calcification, according to a study published ...

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) may be used as ‘first-line treatment’ for rheumatic mitral stenosis in patients with calcified valves, researchers propose in a study based on 20-year ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

Appropriate imaging can help identify patients who need intensive medical treatment. Calcification in the cardiac valves and aorta portends worse survival and progresses faster in patients with ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...