The first-of-its-kind Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 TMVR system uses a nitinol dock to anchor the replacement valve in the patient's heart.

Data shows, versus surgery, the Evolut™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system delivers a numerically lower rate of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke at five years, strong valve ...

What Are Inherited Metabolic Disorders? Inherited metabolic disorders are genetic conditions that result in metabolism problems. Most people with inherited metabolic disorders have a defective ...

Rated number one in overall health system performance by the World Health Organization, the French spend less than half the amount on annual health care per capita that the United States spends.

Herein, we examine the outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve replacement using the AltaValve system, which employs atrial fixation ... absence of organic mitral disease. Procedural outcomes, 30-day ...

Autoimmune disease happens when the body’s natural defense system can’t tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells. There are more ...

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