Freedom from AF at 6 months Maze group 87.2% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 Freedom from AF at 12 months Maze group 93.6% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 In-hospital mortality 3% in Maze group vs 3% ...

The device has evolved from one aimed at just functional MR to a broader HF therapy. EMPOWER will provide more insights.

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...

This part of the murmur is due to the increased flow through the mitral valve during atrial contraction; this aspect of the murmur would be absent if the patient were in atrial fibrillation ...

particularly mitral stenosis (narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart). Atrial fibrillation may be treated with medications to either slow the heart rate to a normal range ("rate control") or ...

High-volume centres achieve excellent long-term survival and low reoperation rates in mitral valve repair—key findings ...

For a long time, rheumatic fever was the predominant cause of organic MR. Now the main causes are mitral valve prolapse and ischemic heart disease. Patients with MR may remain asymptomatic for ...

The area of a normal mitral valve is 4 to 6 cm 2. This area is sufficient to allow a great deal of blood to flow from the left atrium (LA) to the left ventricle. When any disease process decreases ...