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5 days ago · Infective endocarditis (IE), also called bacterial endocarditis, is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or a blood vessel. IE is uncommon, but people with some heart conditions have a greater risk of developing it.
5 days ago · Find out more about your heart valves and how to manage heart valve disease. Tricuspid regurgitation is leakage of blood backwards through the tricuspid valve each time the right ventricle contracts. Learn about ongoing care of this condition.
5 days ago · Last Reviewed: May 24, 2024. Pulmonary regurgitation (PR, also called pulmonic regurgitation) is a leaky pulmonary valve. Learn about its symptoms and causes.
5 days ago · Last Reviewed: 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.
5 days ago · A leaking (or regurgitant) aortic valve allows blood to flow in two directions. Oxygen-rich blood flows out through the aorta to the body — as it should — but some flows backward from the aorta into the left ventricle when the ventricle relaxes. Watch a valve regurgitation animation.
5 days ago · Find out more about your heart valves and how to manage heart valve disease. View Resources. Tricuspid regurgitation is leakage of blood backwards through the tricuspid valve each time the right ventricle contracts. Learn about ongoing care of this condition.
5 days ago · Lucero and Nauman were born with congenital heart defects. Lucero, a member of the American Heart Association-New Mexico board, additionally had a widowmaker heart attack at age 43. “My goal as an American Heart Association advocate is to increase awareness and education of heart disease in Native American communities,” said Lucero.
