The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

Q: My doctor heard a heart murmur and said I might have mitral valve prolapse. He told me a little about this. Could you give me a fuller explanation? Thank you. A: First, I would like to you pay ...

When 8-year-old Jacob Salter of Centreville died last fall after collapsing on the football field, cardiologist Joel Brenner's phone started to ring. Marc and Annie Salter said their son's death was ...

A 24-year-old female presented with palpitations and easy fatigue. The electrocardiogram was normal. In the physical exam a midsystolic click and a soft late systolic murmur were present.

How to navigate the likelihood ratios for mitral regurgitation presented by the physical exam, particularly auscultation, are the focus of this episode of AP Cardiology with host Andrew Perry, MD, ...

ALTHOUGH Fauvel, 1 in 1843, attributed the apical presystolic murmur to stenosis of the mitral valve, Duroziez's 2 description — "ffout-tata-rou" — in 1862 has been considered as the classic ...

Diastolic murmurs include aortic and pulmonic regurgitation (early diastolic), and mitral or tricuspid stenosis (mid-late diastolic). Tricuspid stenosis is very rare and is discussed further in the ...

Your heart has four chambers, two on the right and two on the left. Blood flows into the right side of the heart, then to the lungs where it receives oxygen. From the lungs it flows into the left ...

As veterinary care advances, we see pets living longer. This also means we see illnesses that are related to living longer. Mitral valve disease is one such illness that can cause great concern and ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), cardiomyopathy (CM), and conduction disturbances have been associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), This X-linked disorder characteristically manifests symptoms ...