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 ...

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 ...

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?

Among those requiring mitral valve surgery, Black patients were less likely to undergo a minimally invasive procedure and more likely to die or experience a major complication compared with white ...

In the largest randomized trial conducted to compare minimally invasive and conventional cardiac surgical techniques for repairing a poorly functioning mitral valve, improvements in physical activity, ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced the FDA approved its transcatheter heart valve for use in aortic and mitral valve-in-valve procedures. Perspective from Danny Dvir, MD According to a press release ...

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 ...

Some heart patients haven't yet been able to access the growing trend toward minimally invasive procedures. A new clinical trial, though, makes a form of mitral valve repair an option without an ...

The MitraClip is implanted in a percutaneous procedure that is performed using both fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. First, femoral venous access is obtained via standard percutaneous ...

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 ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...