The idea of add-on tricuspid valve repair at the time of mitral valve surgery makes sense because severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with a poor prognosis, and reoperation on the ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s ...

There are no exercise restrictions for people with mitral valve prolapse. However, they should avoid the same unhealthy lifestyle practices that apply to everyone, including eating non-nutritious food ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Over 85 million individuals in the U.S. currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Among that number, those 75 years old and above are at the ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Compared with conservative management alone, transcatheter mitral valve repair had a lower mortality hazard for treatment of high-risk patients with symptomatic mitral regurgitation, according to a ...

Progress continues to be made on new transcatheter devices for the treatment of severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, investigators reported. Several valve repair and replacement technologies, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for the treatment of patients with mitral valve dysfunction, device manufacturer ...