Recently a story that described pulmonary heart valve replacement without surgical incision. The procedure appeared to be safe and effective in a small group of patients. Now the next obvious question is what about the aortic valve? The answer is that the aortic valve can also be replaced this way–it appears that this breakthrough [...]
Interventional cardiologists (Drs. Hijazi, Kavinsky and Amin) at Rush University Medical Center ( Chicago,Il ) are performing minimally invasive nonsurgical valve replacement procedure for patients with congenital heart disease that doesn’t involve open heart surgery.
Rush is one of 3 sites participating in an investigational study of minimally-invasive pulmonary valves and successfully implanted the [...]
Aortic regurgitation means that the valve between the left ventricle and the aorta (the largest blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood from the heart) is leaky. The symptoms of aortic valve regurgitation are fatigue,dyspnea, chest pain,and edema.
The causes of aortic valve regurgitation are those that develop after birth(acquired)or before birth (congenital). Congenital aortic regurgitation is often [...]
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 [...]
