The procedure is not usually performed in older patients with severe MS because of the risk of causing severe mitral valve (MV) regurgitation. The upshot is these patients were often left ...

When a heart valve isn’t working, the blood flows in the wrong direction, making your heart work harder and reducing blood flow to your body. Mitral and aortic valve disorders are the most ...

This method facilitates collaboration as it ensures that the entire team has a clear view of the operation. However, LaLonde cautions that it may take some time for robotic-assisted mitral valve ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found slight mitral valve prolapse. What is that? Should I be worried? A Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that interferes with the one-way flow ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ... person's point of view.

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

Its total funding is more than $200 million. Cardiac Dimensions is targeting a condition called mitral valve regurgitation, which involves the leakage of blood through the heart’s mitral valve ...

May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Tendyne™ transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR ...