In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Surgical revision after percutaneous mitral valve repair with a clip: initial multicenter experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Dec;80(6):2338-42.

company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors. Its total funding is more than $200 million. Cardiac Dimensions is targeting a condition called ...

ST. LOUIS — Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explains mitral valve disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls ...