Testing by Rutgers Health and other institutions is reshaping how – and how gently – doctors repair failing valves ...

QUEBEC CITY — Although women appear to benefit as much as men do from left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) during surgery for atrial fibrillation (AF), they have far worse 30-day outcomes following ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...

Foldax(R) Inc., a leader in the development of innovative polymer heart valves, in conjunction with its local manufacturing partner Dolphin Life Science LLP, today announced the launch of the TRIA(TM) ...

NEW YORK, NY—A novel, robotically-made polymer surgical valve has an “acceptable safety” profile and stable hemodynamics through 1 year of follow-up in younger patients with symptomatic mitral valve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system is ...

Abbott’s MitraClip implant just got a new sibling. The FDA has approved the company’s Tendyne system, as a minimally invasive heart replacement for patients with mitral valve disease that would ...

Doctors at Children's National Hospital performed Preston's surgery. An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living donor ...

Edwards Lifesciences has been awarded CE mark for the Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system. The approval is for the transcatheter treatment of patients with symptomatic (moderate-to-severe or ...

During what has been a rollercoaster-like pattern for more than a decade, market expectations for transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) devices are continuing to follow an upward trajectory in ...

ST. LOUIS -- Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explains mitral valve disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls blood flow ...

For two days at the end of 2024, Journi Kelly, 11, complained about stomach pain. Worried, mom Rachel Kinsey took her to the emergency room. “Her symptoms became full throttle to the point that she ...