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  1. Problem: Heart Valve Regurgitation - American Heart Association

    May 23, 2024 · Regurgitation occurs when blood flows back through the valve as the leaflets are closing or blood leaks through the leaflets when they should be completely closed. Learn about the types …

  2. Problem: Mitral Valve Regurgitation - American Heart Association

    May 24, 2024 · Mitral regurgitation is leakage of blood backward through the mitral valve each time the left ventricle contracts. Learn about ongoing care of this condition.

  3. Problem: Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation - American Heart Association

    May 24, 2024 · Tricuspid regurgitation is leakage of blood backwards through the tricuspid valve each time the right ventricle contracts. Learn about ongoing care of this condition.

  4. Heart Valve Disease - American Heart Association

    The American Heart Association explains how your heart valves work and any problems or disease your valves can acquire, including regurgitation, stenosis and prolapse.

  5. Problem: Aortic Valve Regurgitation - American Heart Association

    May 24, 2024 · What's aortic valve regurgitation? Aortic regurgitation is leakage of blood through the aortic valve each time the left ventricle relaxes. A leaking (or regurgitant) aortic valve allows blood to …

  6. Understanding Your Heart Valve Treatment Options

    May 30, 2024 · Repair is most often possible mitral valve regurgitation and tricuspid valve regurgitation. Valve replacement — may include open heart surgery or a minimally invasive procedure such as …

  7. Medications for Heart Valve Symptoms

    May 30, 2024 · Your health care team can help you understand and evaluate options for heart valve repair or valve replacement surgery. Below are some of the types of medications that heart valve …

  8. Less Invasive Heart Valve Surgery Options

    Jun 6, 2024 · Learn about less invasive surgical options, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), to treat heart valve problems

  9. Recognizing the Symptoms of Worsening Heart Valve Disease

    May 30, 2024 · These two situations describe people who are at risk of missing clues of worsening heart valve disease. It can be easy to adjust to a situation little by little as it worsens over time.

  10. Managing patients with symptomatic mitral or tricuspid regurgitation

    Nov 18, 2024 · Treating mitral regurgitation and tricuspid regurgitation valve disease presents an ever-changing landscape of options. But the real promise for a positive outcome is widely considered to …