Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) but its impact is not ...

When left atrial enlargement occurs, it takes longer for cardiac action potentials to travel through the atrial myocardium; thus, the P wave also lengthens. Therefore, the criteria for diagnosing ...

Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the left ventricular myocardium is non-compliant and not able to accept blood return in a normal fashion from the left atrium. This can be a normal physiologic ...

The newly oxygen-rich blood (shown in red) returns to the heart and enters the left atrium. Blood flows through the left atrium into the left ventricle. The left ventricle pumps the oxygen-rich ...

Mitral valve disease is a condition that affects the mitral valve, causing blood to leak backward or flow too slowly, and can ...

The oxygenated blood comes from the lungs and flows back to the heart via the left atrium, where it's directed to the left ventricle. From there, it is pumped to the body. The right atrium ...

With no differences between single or dual antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulants at 6 months, an RCT is warranted for ...

CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation ...

Enloe Health has begun the use of a new heart procedure that can help change the lives of atrial fibrillation patients ...

Enloe Health has introduced a new heart procedure, the Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) surgery, or the "Watchman ...

The left atrial appendage closure surgery, which is also known as the Watchmen Procedure, helps patients by eliminating the use of traditional blood thinners. Enloe Health is now offering the ...