Edwards Lifesciences has claimed an FDA approval for its Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system—marking the agency’s first in this type of implant that takes a potentiall | The ...

A group of researchers led by Professor Yoshiki SAWA of the Cardiovascular Group in the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, succeeded in beating-heart surgery to repair a mitral valve. They ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A minimally invasive approach to mitral valve repair was safe and effective vs. sternotomy. Recovery time and ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—A minimally invasive approach to mitral valve repair is no better than a conventional sternotomy for improving physical function at 12 weeks, the UK Mini Mitral trial has found. In ...

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 ...

The Sapien M3 device is the first approved mitral regurgitation treatment to use a transseptal approach, Edwards said.

A novel technology called intravascular lithotripsy-facilitated percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (IVL-PBMV) shows promise for treating patients with severe calcific mitral stenosis (MS) and ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

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 ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

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?