Mitral regurgitation means that the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle is leaky.
The causes of Mitral valve regurgitation are those that develop after birth(acquired)or before birth (congenital). Congenital Mitral regurgitation is fairly unusual and is usually associated with other heart abnormalities.
Some causes of acquired chronic mitral regurgitation:
Rheumatic heart disease (the body’s immune [...]
Coronary artery disease, is an accumulation of plaques (fatty material and calcium) in the blood vessels which supply blood to the heart muscle.
The plaques inside the coronary arteries narrow the size of the arteries and slow or even stop blood flow to the heart muscle. If the artery is completely blocked the heart [...]
Heart attacks kill cells in the heart muscle. Medical research scientists have sought to repair the heart muscle itself after a patient experiences a heart attack. The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, located in Rancho Mirage, California. The essence of the discovery is that by using stem cells obtained from the bone [...]
Since a smoking ban started in France one year ago, the admissions of patients with heart attacks dropped 15 percent at emergency rooms. French government authorities told the UK National Sanitary Institute that there has been a 15 percent reduction in admissions of patients with acute heart attack and stroke to emergency departments since [...]
