Mumbai: For a 66-year-old grandmother from Latur who was breathing with difficulty for almost six months, doctors at the ...

Background—Percutaneous closure of prosthetic mitral valve paravalvular leak (PVL) has emerged as an alternative to surgical treatment in high-risk patients. Limited data exist on the impact of ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Holston Valley Medical Center has become the first hospital in Tennessee to successfully perform the EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement procedure, a groundbreaking, minimally invasive therapy for ...

A true test of durability will take many more years, but if the valve holds up, it’s “potentially a game changer,” say ...

The study led to questions about whether patients would be best served by being treated at high-volume centers of excellence.

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes ...

The MyClip TEER System enables precise closure of the mitral valve flaps, effectively preventing the backwards flow of ...

The launch event concluded with a call to build a sustainable M-TEER ecosystem in India, focused on accessibility, clinical ...

From Cutler’s first attempt to treat the mitral valve by inserting a tenotomy knife through the left ventricle, to Carpentier’s introduction of several repair techniques and a functional ...

Valvuloplasty is now widely accepted as the best method of treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, but repair for rheumatic mitral valve disease is commonly believed to yield poorer results by ...