Valve insufficiency or regurgitation happens more often in the mitral valve. When a valve leaks, the leaflets don’t close completely and some blood leaks backward rather than all of the blood flowing ...

With the introduction of percutaneous options, the role of surgery in the repair of dysfunctional tricuspid valves is being reevaluated in an effort to reduce the risk for end-stage disease. In the ...

The mitral valve is inside a person’s heart. A person with mitral valve disease may require mitral valve repair surgery as a treatment. A person’s heart contains four chambers. The two upper chambers ...

Patients treated by low-volume surgeons are more likely to have their mitral valve replaced rather than repaired, and the repairs that are performed are more likely to require a reoperation when ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...