PHOENIX, AZ—Clinical outcomes for patients treated with a mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure have continued to get better in the wake of US Food and Drug Administration approval for high-risk ...

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 ...

The study, published in the March 3, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found that patients with an effective regurgitant orifice of 40 mm 2 or more have a significantly increased risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation saw sustained benefits with a novel transcatheter edge-to ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

NEW ORLEANS — An analysis of the STS/ACC TVT registry showed that successful transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation was safe and significantly improved symptoms and ...

A new study found that older patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve surgery had significantly better outcomes than those who received medical management alone, ...

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

Mitral valve prolapse treatment aims to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and improve the quality of life of people who have blood that leaks back into their heart’s left atrium. Mitral valve ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) over the long term is much more common in patients who have undergone mitral valve (MV) replacement surgery than in those treated with MV repair or who have a moderate risk ...

The Sechenov University Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic has developed a program that will help cardiac surgeons with mitral valve reconstruction. The difficulty lies in the fact that no one has done a ...

Symptoms of mitral valve prolapse may cause or increase anxiety for some people. Stress and anxiety may contribute to the development of heart problems but aren’t a common cause of mitral valve ...