Peer-reviewed independent bench testing examines the TransForm™ mitral valve repair ring and highlights lifetime ...

For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...

This advanced technique allows surgeons to repair the valve without the need for a traditional open-heart procedure.

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

For high-risk surgical patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR), insertion of the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR; Abbott) using a cardiac transapical approach ...

Inside the four chambers of your heart is a system designed to pump blood throughout your body. When that system works properly, blood flows through two chambers on the right side of your heart, then ...

Evidence for device fracturability under routine balloon inflation with modest pressures ...

The largest study to examine outcomes for patients treated outside a clinical trial setting with a minimally invasive procedure to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve in the heart found that the ...

Background Recurrent mitral regurgitation (MR) remains a major limitation of mitral valve (MV) repair in patients with ...

MAN’S STORY. YOU COULD SAY HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. YEAH, DEB, THIS STORY COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. DEVONTE FLETCHER IS ONLY 30 YEARS OLD, BUT HE HAS A HISTORY OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, ATRIAL ...

The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

Mitral regurgitation is the most prevalent valvular heart disease in humans. It's also common among dogs, especially older ...