Cedars-Sinai shared the story of a Hollywood writer who kept his appointment for mitral valve surgery right after escaping ...

Raipur: The cardio surgery department of state-run Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital successfully performed a challenging open heart surgery on a .

A Fitbit got a reporter to see his doctor — and ultimately go under the knife. Are wearables the next wave in heart health?

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

Researchers recruited 210 high-risk surgical patients (mean age 75 ... Participants were randomized to mitral TEER or surgery, with 72% of those in the surgical group undergoing mitral valve repair ...

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 ...

is noninferior to mitral valve (MV) surgery in patients with heart failure and secondary mitral regurgitation at 1 year. Patient selection is key for success of any surgical or percutaneous MV ...

Surgery is recommended upon dysfunction of the mitral valve with important stenosis or insufficiency, embolic events or when other types of tumors cannot be excluded regardless of the imaging method ...

4 The MITHRAS trial (Closure of Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defects Following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair) is an investigator-initiated ... additional valvular heart disease planned for surgery or ...

5 Patients with TR and high risk for surgery (multiple comorbidities, advanced age, RV dysfunction, previous surgery) were until recently predestined to conservative treatment. The promising results ...

A cardiologist, a doctor who specializes in heart conditions, can diagnose and treat valvular heart disease to help you manage symptoms and prevent complications. Healthcare providers classify ...