Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

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 ...

Heart failure affects nearly two million Americans and millions more worldwide. It can range from mild to severe wherein even the ordinary activities of daily life become difficult. A new device ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Employing intravascular lithotripsy facilitated transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with severe ...

PHOENIX -- Global experience with the novel Intrepid transapical transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) device through 2 years showed high risks of mortality and complications, raising concerns ...

Their findings on the condition called degenerative mitral regurgitation were published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), representing the largest study to ...

In patients who had undergone transcatheter edge-to-edge (TEER) mitral valve repair and required reintervention, less than 5% underwent a surgical mitral valve repair rather than a replacement ...

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation can reduce the long-term rate of hospitalizations by almost 50 percent, and death by nearly 30 percent, compared ...

After years of interest in and anticipation about the potential for transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), Edwards Lifesciences is ready to kick off a CE Mark trial for its TMVR system. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who received transcatheter edge-to-edge repair, mitral valve surgery was associated with risks ...

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, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Technavio has announced the release of their latest report on the global transcatheter mitral valve replacement market. This new report will provide ...