Regurgitation involves stomach fluids and undigested food moving back up into the mouth, often linked to acid reflux or GERD in adults, and is also a common occurrence in infants. Besides acid reflux ...

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In order to understand tricuspid regurgitation, it helps to understand the basic anatomy of your heart. Your heart is divided into four sections called chambers. The upper chambers are the left atrium ...

What Is Mitral Valve Regurgitation? When your heart pumps blood, it’s supposed to follow a specific path in one direction. But sometimes, it goes the wrong way. Mitral valve regurgitation is when your ...

Regurgitation is when the contents from your esophagus (the tube that brings food from your mouth to your stomach) or stomach come back up into your throat or mouth. Your lower esophageal sphincter ...

First-of-its-kind Edwards SAPIEN M3 transcatheter mitral valve system secures FDA approval for transseptal mitral regurgitation treatment.

Heart valve regurgitation is the name for when the heart’s valves leak. It occurs when some of the blood the heart pumps out flows back to the valves. Treatment may not always be necessary, though ...

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood flows retrograde (backwards) across the aortic valve from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole. This abnormal backflow of blood leads to pathologic ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of a heart murmur caused by a "leaky" heart valve. Most cases of mitral valve prolapse are not serious and only need to be monitored. Mitral valve prolapse is ...