WASHINGTON, DC—Cardiologists attending CRT 2016 finally got to see a range of early results from a handful of different transcatheter mitral valve devices and the numbers are daunting. As several ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Over 85 million individuals in the U.S. currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Among that number, those 75 years old and above are at the ...

Hospitals that perform a larger number of transcatheter mitral valve repairs (TMVRs) with the MitraClip (Abbott) have significantly better procedural success, as well as shorter procedural times and ...

The FDA and Abbott are alerting healthcare providers about potential clip lock malfunctions with MitraClip Clip Delivery Systems, a heart valve repair device manufactured by Abbott. Abbott issued an ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Over 85 million individuals in the U.S. currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Among that number, those 75 years old and above are at the ...

MR or Mitral Regurgitation is a serious condition because it causes a leakage of blood back into the atrium. When the blood leaks back into the atrium, it puts stress on the heart and the heart tends ...

ATLANTA – Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as ...

In the study, 184 people were assigned to get the clip. The procedure was successful in 136. Major complications occurred in 10 percent of people treated with the clip compared with 57 percent of 79 ...

On Jan. 5, Forrest General Hospital became the first hospital in Mississippi to treat mitral regurgitation using transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with MitraClip therapy. The procedure was ...

The largest study to examine outcomes for patients treated outside a clinical trial setting with a minimally invasive procedure to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve in the heart found that the ...

A seemingly simple but sophisticated clip may usher in a “new era” for patients suffering from a severe and difficult-to-treat complication of heart failure, according to a new study. The device, ...

People with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery ...