Case 1. A 17-year-old boy was admitted to Walter Reed General Hospital for repair of an ostium-primum defect of the interatrial septum with an associated cleft mitral valve and mitral insufficiency.

Ostium-Primum Atrial Defect with Cleft Mitral Valve The 8 patients with this lesion ranged in age from thirty-three to fifty-four, with an average of thirty-nine years. Five were women, and 3 were men ...

Cardiac anatomy, clinical diagnosis and molecular details of AVCD patients with mutations are summarized in Table 1. Partial AVCD was diagnosed in six patients, complete AVCD and cleft mitral valve in ...

Mitral valve repair can be done in two ways. “Balloon Valvuloplasty” is a cardiac catheterization procedure mostly performed for patients with Mitral Stenosis. An interventional cardiologist does this ...

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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 ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of a heart murmur caused by a "leaky" heart valve. Most cases of mitral valve prolapse are not serious and only need to be monitored. Mitral valve prolapse is ...

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 ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

Our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team collaborates on mitral valve repair, transcatheter technologies, mitral valve replacement, and follow-up treatment so patients can get all their care for ...

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a minor heart condition that occurs when the mitral heart valve, which separates your left atrium and left ventricle, doesn’t close as tightly as it should. This can ...