Very early results with a minimally invasive chordal replacement procedure suggest that the beating-heart, echo-guided procedure may emerge as another option for treating degenerative mitral valve ...

Greg Denning has never really liked going to the doctor, and for most of his life he's been an active person who was able to avoid significant medical care. That started to change one day when he and ...

The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after ...

TULSA, Okla. — A new procedure at the Oklahoma Heart Institute is changing lives for people at high risk for heart surgery. “That’s why it’s so ground breaking and important. This is the first such ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among those requiring mitral valve surgery, Black patients were less likely to undergo a minimally invasive ...

Percutaneous valve implantation via the transapical approach into failed mitral biological prostheses—so-called valve-in-valve therapy—is feasible and offers “favorable” outcomes through mid-term ...

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

Your heart has four chambers, two on the right and two on the left. Blood flows into the right side of the heart, then to the lungs where it receives oxygen. From the lungs it flows into the left ...

An innovative mitral valve replacement procedure shows promise for high-risk patients in a new University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study led by Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief and program ...

Overview The global Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) market is witnessing rapid expansion and is expected to grow at a strong CAGR of nearly 20% during the forecast period. The increasing ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?