Bioprosthetic valves lasts about 10-15 years. These are usually obtained from animals or human organ donors. Tissue valves seem to improve the patient’s hemodynamics, but tend to stiffen in 10-15 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vivasure Medical has enrolled the first participant in an expanded indication trial of its large arteriotomy ...

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 30 days, a group of 15 patients who underwent transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement for ...

An innovative mitral valve replacement procedure shows promise for high-risk patients in a new University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study led by Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief and program ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that compared to mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement results in a lower rate of heart failure and fewer hospitalizations for ...

It involves less pain, less bleeding, and there’s lower risk of infection,” said cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Sanjay Tripathi.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In a medical breakthrough at Duke Health in Durham, a group of doctors performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, which helped save the lives of two girls from ...

HERZELIYA, Israel, MValve Technologies Ltd announced today the first human implantation of its catheter based transapical mitral valve replacement system. The procedure was completed successfully at ...

The transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 20% over the forecast period. Major factors driving growth include increased prevalence of mitral valve ...