This prevents the valve from prolapsing into the left atrium. However, the AHA also notes that an individual will generally require surgery to treat their mitral regurgitation. This may involve a ...

Local furniture store owner and personality Jim ‘Mattress Mack' McIngvale announced this week that he will soon undergo open-heart surgery for a leaky mitral valve. This surgery comes just a few ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

Management of asymptomatic patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation is controversial ... term outcomes of 161 patients who had early surgery with 286 patients who received conventional ...

A leaky mitral valve, or mitral valve regurgitation ... heart failure. Open-heart surgery is "usually the best solution for most valve conditions that cannot be managed with medication ...

Some of the top heart failure research looked at statins and semaglutide for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, diabetes-related heart failure risks, and the protective cardiovascular ...

This Santa Cruz startup raised $110 million to develop a robotic alternative to open-heart surgery. Here's how it's changing ...

CardioSight, Inc., developer of a revolutionary intravascular visualization and interventional platform, announces the ...

With a focus on treating mitral and tricuspid valve disease, Capstan’s approach ... or whose risks may be too high to undergo open surgery, the company said. Edwards excites with Evoque FDA ...