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

During surgery to repair mitral valve prolapse, we are able to perform “plastic surgery” on your own heart valve so that we do not need to replace it with an artificial valve. As seen in the figure ...

Corewell Health was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award, one of only 24 centers in the country. Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair.

THE development of an elevation of the pulmonary vascular resistance is a common complication of severe mitral-valve disease, and this abnormality has been attributed to a combination of ...

MONDAY, March, 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving ...

Isolated absence of the opening click of the mitral disk-valve prosthesis was noted in six patients subsequently found to have suture disruption. Of five reoperated on, four survived.

The mitral valve is one the four valves in the heart that act as one-way doors into and out of the four pumping chambers. These valves ensure that blood keeps flowing in the right direction.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls ...

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Tendyne™, First-of-Its-Kind Device to Replace the Mitral Valve Without Open-Heart Surgery Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Tendyne™, First-of-Its-Kind Device ...

More information: Nobuyuki Kagiyama et al, Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Surgery in Atrial Functional Mitral ...

While previous trials have led to questions surrounding the potential benefits of valve interventions in mitral or tricuspid regurgitation, a pair of trials presented recently demonstrate their ...

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors.Its total funding is more than $200 million.