First-of-its-kind Edwards SAPIEN M3 transcatheter mitral valve system secures FDA approval for transseptal mitral ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

Edwards Lifesciences has claimed an FDA approval for its Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system—marking the ...

Background A 67-year-old man was admitted to a coronary care unit for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with complicating acute heart failure. Severe mitral regurgitation was detected by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 30 days, a group of 15 patients who underwent transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement for ...

Edwards Lifesciences announced today that its Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system received FDA approval for mitral ...

Click here for a full review of mitral regurgitation. Below is a brief summary. Mitral regurgitation is the abnormal backward flow of blood from the left ventricle (LV) to the left atrium (LA) due to ...

For high-risk surgical patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR), insertion of the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR; Abbott) using a cardiac transapical approach ...

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 ...

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 ...

People with high systolic blood pressure but no known cardiovascular disease are at risk for developing mitral regurgitation (MR), a longitudinal study suggests. Every 20-mm Hg rise in systolic blood ...

A family from Westport has been connected with IU for years. Instead of a check-up on his heart, 10-year-old Drew Shouse was ...