Almost 20 years’ worth of follow-up in an international registry shows that patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve (MV) repair had better survival, fewer ...

DALLAS — In a new study, there was no difference in left ventricular reverse modeling or survival at 12 months between patients who underwent mitral valve repair or mitral valve replacement in ...

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 ...

Surgery is thought to be life-saving for people who have ischemic mitral regurgitation, but it is unknown whether surgical repair or surgical replacement of the mitral valve is the better procedure.

Patient will be placed under general anesthesia. An endotracheal tube will be inserted into the patient’s windpipe and connected to a ventilator to assist the patient’s breathing. Another probe will ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that compared to mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement results in a lower rate of heart failure and fewer hospitalizations for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who had mitral valve surgery but also tricuspid regurgitation or tricuspid annular dilation, ...

Edwards Lifesciences has bought Harpoon Medical in a $250 million deal. The takeover rounds out Edwards’ pitch for the transcatheter mitral valve disease market by giving it control of a technology to ...

Over the past 5 years, mitral valve repair has been a far more popular choice of treatment than mitral valve replacement for patients with severe ischaemic mitral regurgitation. This trend exists ...

Covina, CA, June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Transcatheter Mitral valve replacement market accounted for US$ 0.92 billion in 2020 and is estimated to be US$ 14.5 billion by 2030 and is ...

Bioprosthetic valves lasts about 10-15 years. These are usually obtained from animals or human organ donors. Tissue valves seem to improve the patient’s hemodynamics, but tend to stiffen in 10-15 ...