Sentences with phrase «mitral valve leaflets»

Approximately 60 % of affected dogs have degeneration of the mitral valve, 30 % have lesions in both the tricuspid and mitral valve leaflets, and 10 % have only tricuspid valve disease.

Although current mitral valve interventions delivered via a small incision through the skin could be a viable alternative treatment, this strategy benefits only a highly selective group of patients who have mitral valve leaflets (which are flaps that seal the valve) of a particular shape.

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The mitral valve between the two left chambers of the heart has two leaflets, or cusps; the tricuspid, pulmonary and aortic valves each have three.

The mitral valve problem is caused by endocardiosis, polysaccharide deposits in the valve leaflets.