Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who received transcatheter edge-to-edge repair, mitral valve surgery was associated with risks ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients at high surgical risk. The system is ...

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 ...

MIAMI, FL—For patients who require mitral valve surgery after failed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), outcomes are worst when the initial procedure was attempted but unsuccessful, an analysis ...

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 ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — A new procedure at the Oklahoma Heart Institute is changing lives for people at high risk for heart surgery. "That's why it's so ground breaking and important. This is the first such ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers report similar outcomes for two types of heart surgery for mitral valve repair. Suriyapong Thongsawang/Getty Images A new study is the first randomized clinical trial to ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast to discuss the causes and treatment options for degenerative valve ...

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An international study of more than 400 adults concludes that people who undergo mitral valve surgery (between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart) and also have less than severe ...