The heart consists of 4 chambers--2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 ventricles (lower chambers). Blood passes through a valve as it leaves each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is highly prevalent in Marfan syndrome ... first visit 1.89±0.33 1.98±0.31 <0.001 BMI (mean±SD), first visit 21.8±4.59 23.8±5.01 <0.001 ...

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) is resuming normal operation at the main hospital building after multiple laboratory testing and confirming water samples show no contamination of ...

Primary cultures of human valve ICs were seeded onto coverslips at 5×10 3 cells and allowed to grow in osteogenic media with and without atorvastatin (100 μmol/L) for 21 days. Valve ICs were also ...