Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter mitral valve repair improved outcomes and symptoms in patients with moderate to severe mitral ...

CHICAGO -- Emerging real-world data supported benefits of MitraClip therapy in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who didn't fit the COAPT profile, the EXPAND study showed. MR was often ...

BOSTON, MA—(UPDATED) Patients with severe symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) ineligible for surgery fare just as well when treated with the Pascal device (Edwards Lifesciences) as ...

A minimally invasive heart procedure is giving new hope to patients with severe mitral regurgitation, thanks to the expertise ...

Chicago, IL—Real-world patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) not meeting the COAPT eligibility criteria who ultimately underwent clip-based transcatheter mitral valve repair fared just as well as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Transcatheter mitral valve repair for patients with HF and severe secondary mitral regurgitation ...

On February 15, FDA announced that Abbott Vascular has received nine reports of its MitraClip delivery system failing to detach from the Clip, which resulted in the death of one patient and open-heart ...

PHOENIX -- Newer MitraClip devices reduced mitral regurgitation (MR) to no more than a trace for nearly all patients, regardless of anatomical complexity or presence of advanced heart failure, in a ...

A study from Abbott found that employing its cardiac valve repair implant during earlier phases of heart failure—when a patient’s leaky mitral valve is still considered to be functional—could lead to ...

Surgical repair decreased MR more than MitraClip ®. In 12-month follow-up, 20% of MitraClip patients required surgery for mitral dysfunction versus 2% in surgical patients. Both groups had ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for the MitraClip (Abbott) device to include patients with normal mitral valves who develop symptoms of heart failure and moderate ...

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be used ...