3 Exclusion criteria were factors that indicated a need for surgery, as defined by ... and the data warrant close scrutiny. The risk associated with mitral valve repair in asymptomatic patients ...

In general, these patients are more elderly and higher surgical risk candidates than those ... many 'straightforward' candidates for mitral valve surgery are being referred for MitraClip.

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has ... is typically associated with fewer complications and prolonged survival compared to valve replacement. Repair also less ...

Some of the top heart failure research looked at statins and semaglutide for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, ...

This small metallic clip is used for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation disease who are considered high risk for 'open-heart surgery'. The mitral valve divides the two chambers of the ...

The medical team performed mitral and aortic valve replacements, along with aortic root enlargement due to the small size of ...

US-based 4C Medical has enrolled the first patients in a pivotal trial for its transcatheter mitral valve replacement ...

Coronary bypass was performed in 4,071 (81%), aortic valve replacement in 675 (14%), and mitral ... surgery and preoperative left bundle branch block (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Patients at high ...

There "remains a risk of further deaths" from robotic heart surgery, a coroner has warned ... to complications of an operation to treat mitral valve disease and, in part, because the operation ...

Capstan Medical has reeled in $110 million to continue its mission of bringing robotic surgery to a previously ... With a focus on treating mitral and tricuspid valve disease, Capstan’s approach ...

Mitral regurgitation is a common heart valve disease in the ... regurgitation can cause serious complications. In those severe cases, patients require invasive treatment which has historically been ...