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Mitral Clip: Everything You Ever Needed to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

September 24, 2020 594 10
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

When a patient has mitral regurgitation but is not a candidate for open-heart surgery, what is a doctor to do? Thankfully, with the groundbreaking MitraClip (or mitral clip), these patients can still be treated through specialized techniques. Dr. Mustafa Ahmed discusses the procedure's history, benefits, and more with Dr. Alain Bouchard in our latest podcast.…

Filed Under: Heart Valves, Podcast Tagged With: Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve

Mitral Annular Calcification

February 3, 2015 74301 14
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Mitral Annular Calcification

Mitral Annular Calcification is a complex process that occurs in the heart. This article, written by a cardiologist, explains Mitral Annular Calcification, how it’s diagnosed, treatments, risk factors, and common complications associated with the condition.

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: heart valve, Mitral valve

Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

November 30, 2014 83592 21
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

 The normal heartbeat is generated just like clockwork by electric signals sent out from a natural pacemaker known as the sinus node. Normal individuals have heart rates of between 60-90 beats per minute. This is actually slower than the natural pacemaker of the heart, partly because there is the slowing influence of the nervous system…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, heart rhythm, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), palpitations

Leaky Heart Valve – When The Mitral Valve Fails

June 1, 2014 24302 1
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Leaky Mitral Valve

A leaky heart valve, when the mitral valve is the valve involved is known as mitral regurgitation. The most common cause of this leaky heart valve is mitral valve prolapse and it is the most common valve related disease in the US. Other causes include an enlarged heart and coronary artery disease. See some of…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, Dyspnea, Echocardiography, flail leaflet, heart disease, Heart failure, heart surgery, leaky heart valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

Atrial Fibrillation – Part 1 – What is it?

October 1, 2013 9019 0
Dr. Julian Booker

Atrial fibrillation, sometimes called a-fib, is the commonest cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm). In contrast to the metronome-like heart rhythm that we are used to, atrial fibrillation is characterized by an irregularly irregular heartbeat. If you were to check your pulse, there would be no pattern. The timing of your heartbeat would almost seem random.…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Heart Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, COPD, EKG, Electrocardiography, Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Mitral valve

Can Medicines Help My Mitral Valve?

July 27, 2013 13979 0
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

The mitral valve is there to stop blood flowing backwards in the left side of the heart, and so allows blood to travel the correct way, forward, to supply the body! Most of my posts to far have been about mitral valve prolapse (MVP). In mitral valve prolapse the degenerated valve may lead to leakiness,…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: heart disease, Heart failure, leaky heart valve, leaky mitral valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 5 – How Common is it?

May 25, 2013 8599 0
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Before reading this, if you haven’t read the first few posts, go ahead and read them so you have a good understanding of what mitral valve prolapse is, and how the valve is affected. Mitral valve prolapse has had several names over the years, including floppy valve syndrome, click syndrome, and click murmur syndrome.  Up…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: Echocardiography, heart disease, leaky mitral valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 4 – Mitral Regurgitation

May 12, 2013 12656 1
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

By Mustafa Ahmed MD So far we have discussed what mitral valve prolapse is, and what causes it. If you have not read the previous sections yet, then I suggest you go read those first to have a basic understanding of the mitral valve. Now we will discuss one of the complications of mitral valve…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: Dyspnea, flail leaflet, leaky heart valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), mitral valve repair

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 3 – The Dreaded ‘Flail leaflet’

May 5, 2013 42973 2
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

 Think of the mitral valve in mitral valve prolapse as a parachute. The canopy of the parachute is rounded, like a mitral valve prolapse valve (where as in a normal valve it would be a flat top). The strings that connect the canopy to the person are like the ‘chordae’ that attach the valve to…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: flail leaflet, heart disease, heart surgery, leaky heart valve, leaky mitral valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), mitral valve repair

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 2 – The Valve

May 1, 2013 15618 1
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

By Mustafa Ahmed MD So now you understand the basics of mitral valve prolapse.  When initially described as a relatively common cause of mitral valve disease in the 1950’s, mitral valve prolapse (MVP) was known as ‘floppy valve syndrome.’ The underlying process making the valve floppy is technically termed ‘myxomatous degeneration,’ which literally means jelly-like…

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: heart valve, heart valve disease, leaky heart valve, leaky mitral valve, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), Myxomatous degeneration

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