May 12, 2009 (Pordenone, Italy) — A new retrospective echocardiography study has shown, for the first time, that statins might reduce the progression of aortic-valve stenosis caused by rheumatic heart ...

UC Irvine researchers uncover important differences in common heart valve narrowing condition, bringing hope for more precise ...

Mitral valve stenosis, also known as mitral stenosis, occurs when the mitral valve opening is narrowed. This means that not enough blood can flow through it. Scarring caused by rheumatic fever is the ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0027 ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https:/ / doi. org/ 10. 15212/ CVIA. 2017. 0027, researchers Yee-Ping Sun and Patrick ...

Dear Doctors: At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to ...

Mitral valve disease occurs when the mitral valve doesn’t work properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium. As a result, your heart does not pump enough blood out of the left ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes. This organism produces a pharyngitis ...

The mitral valve is a flap of tissue that sits in the left side of the heart, between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It keeps blood flowing in the forward direction, from the atrium into the ...

What is Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)? Rheumatic heart disease. is a sequelae of rheumatic fever which affects heart valves, and can result in heart failure and death if left untreated. It is the most ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...