New data from a large, international registry showed balloon-assisted anterior mitral leaflet modification (BATMAN) was safe, ...

Blood enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve and leaves through the aortic valve. A stenotic valve is a valve opening that has gotten smaller and is partially obstructing blood flow. In ...

Nitinol is commonly used in replacement heart valve frames, but that’s not how the new Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system uses nitinol’s shape memory ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet ...

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The mitral valve was normal. Comment ... with similar findings in the aortic area. The blood pressure was 190/70. X-ray examination revealed marked cardiac enlargement. The electrocardiogram ...

The Clark County Medical Examiner said an investigation revealed the 16-year-old suffered sudden cardiac death due to fatal dysrhythmia and myxomatous mitral valve disease. According to the Mayo ...

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Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR ... in real-world populations compared with the best pivotal trial data and should be an area of ongoing emphasis as TAVR is applied to ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, an estimated 10 percent of adults over the age of 75 have the most common type of leaky heart valve, known as mitral valve regurgitation, which occurs when the mitral ...

Introduction: The mitral valve annulus naturally adopts a saddle shape in systole ... eventually leading to an increased mitral leaflet length, area, and thickness. There are several limitations to ...