Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Surgical revision after percutaneous mitral valve repair with a clip: initial multicenter experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Dec;80(6):2338-42.

The replacement system is launching into markets already served by repair devices, namely Edwards’ Pascal and Abbott’s ...

The NHS undertakes around 2,200 mitral valve repair operations each year. Here, we speak to a surgeon about the procedure. The chief symptom of mitral valve dysfunction is breathlessness and ...

Edwards Lifesciences has received CE marking for its transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement system, setting up ...

In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.

Dr. Poppas: I'm Athena Pappas for CVN. I'm with Dr. Peter Block and we're talking about various approaches to percutaneous mitral valve repair. Peter, there are various types of valve pathology ...

After acquiring its developer last year, Edwards Lifesciences has now obtained a European approval for what it described as ...

Repair of the tricuspid valve in severe tricuspid regurgitation when mitral valve surgery is planned (class I, level of evidence B). Tricuspid valve replacement or annuloplasty ring is reasonable ...

Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral ...