Mitral valve repair surgery may involve a surgeon using a ... Without treatment, it may cause complications such as stroke or atrial fibrillation. The condition may occur due to structural ...

Multiple societies endorsed the new appropriate-use criteria for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac ...

In addition, before the development of prosthetic mitral ... the valve is predominantly stenotic or regurgitant. Although the presence of advanced pulmonary vascular disease increases the risks ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons kicks off a fire response fund with a $100,000 donation. One surgeon called the upcoming ...

Because comparative studies have demonstrated superior outcomes with mitral valve surgery, TEER should be reserved only for patients with a prohibitive surgical risk. The actual timing of surgical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vietnam Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Market Key Takeaways: ...