Long-awaited outcomes data of transcatheter edge-to-edge procedures to repair patients' leaky mitral valves revealed the minimally invasive procedure to be safe and effective in nearly 90% of patients ...

When one of the heart's valves springs a big leak, that can spell big trouble. The good news: The condition, known as degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR), is treatable using a minimally invasive ...

A keyhole surgery procedure for mitral valve disease has been rolled out across the NHS this week after a decade-long delay due to funding struggles. The procedure, trans-catheter edge-to-edge repair ...

Their findings on the condition called degenerative mitral regurgitation were published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), representing the largest study to ...

WASHINGTON—The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a first-of-its-kind educational resource for interventional cardiologists and imaging specialists performing ...

BOSTON, Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW) announced results from CLASP IID, the first randomized controlled trial that directly compares two contemporary ...

Researchers and clinicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have successfully tested a novel approach to help avoid performing open heart surgery on patients with severe complications ...