This can lead to mitral valve regurgitation. Diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse on echocardiography is done by examing the parasternal long-axis view. If the valve leaflets pass the plane of the ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE ... based on imaging of the mitral valve apparatus. For example, mitral valve prolapse can be identified, or a vegetation indicating infective endocarditis ...

A click can indicate a mitral valve prolapse, in which the valve does not ... One standard test is an echocardiogram (echo), a noninvasive ultrasound of the heart that uses sound waves to produce ...

ST. LOUIS — Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explains mitral valve disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...