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 ...

Inside the four chambers of your heart is a system designed to pump blood throughout your body. When that system works properly, blood flows through two chambers on the right side of your heart, then ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition affecting the heart. Doctors may also call it floppy mitral valve syndrome or systolic click-murmur syndrome. It stems from a mitral valve malfunction, which may ...

MORE PRONE THAN MEN TO CERTAIN TYPES OF VALVE PROBLEMS. AND WHEN ONE OF THOSE DOORS ISN’T SHUTTING TIGHTLY, THAT’S AN ISSUE. THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF MITRAL VALVE DISEASE MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a serious heart condition that often requires corrective surgery. It is characterized by the backflow or "regurgitation" of blood from the heart's left ventricle into the ...

Doctors classify mitral valve regurgitation into four progressive stages. Symptoms typically don’t appear until the final stages but monitoring and treatment in earlier stages may help slow ...