The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Over 85 million individuals in the U.S. currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Among that number, those 75 years old and above are at the ...

SEATTLE, Wa. - After facing a life-threatening heart condition, Arlington Carter has only one thing on his mind right now: his next tee time. “I was out to the golf course this morning, swinging for ...

The results were presented here during the opening late-breaking clinical-trials session of the American College of Cardiology 2010 Scientific Sessions/i2 Summit. "The MitraClip procedure is an ...

Secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) can be a serious complication of heart failure — in a recent study, two-thirds of the people who were taking the maximum recommended doses of drugs for severe forms ...

In May, one of Joe Minker’s heart valves was failing. For him, the standard treatment – open-heart surgery to repair or replace the valve – was a riskier-than-usual option. Fortunately, a new ...

(WNDU) - Over 85 million people in the U.S. currently suffer from some form of heart disease. Some of them are older than 75, meaning if they have to go under the knife, they could be at a higher risk ...

A percutaneous mitral valve clip designed to stop mitral valve regurgitation demonstrated clinical benefit as measured by the degree of mitral regurgitation, according to a study presented at the 22nd ...

A new clip helps older patients with mitral valve prolaspe and who are not strong enough for open surgery. The new minimally-invasive catheter-based procedure involves a half-inch long clip called the ...

TCT 718: TEER (Mitraclip and TriClip) Failure in Mitral And Tricuspid Position: A real case of too far approach! How To Overcome This Situation And When Consider TEER Too Far Receive the the latest ...

Photo Credit: JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Central Illustration (adapted). Patients implanted with a mitral clip device that fails over the ensuing months or years can, if appropriately selected, safely ...

PARIS — An investigational iteration of the MitraClip safely reduced symptomatic moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in the majority of patients in the TRILUMINATE feasibility study. At 30 ...