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.

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.

Out-of-hospital mortality before 30 days was 1.2%, with roughly two-thirds of these patients dying from cardiovascular causes ...

Your surgeon will review your diagnostic tests prior ... mitral valve is the most commonly repaired heart valve, but the aortic, pulmonic, and tricuspid valves may also undergo some of these ...

Mitral valve replacement is a type of partial heart transplant ... "And so, we've been able to do more things based on the prior results that we've had that have been good." ...

Coronary angiography is indicated prior to surgical mitral valve repair or replacement to determine if concurrent coronary artery disease, possibly requiring concomitant bypass grafting ...

Cardiac Dimensions has secured $53m in a Series E funding round to support its ongoing pivotal trial assessing the company’s mitral valve repair device. The round was led by investment ...

Laplace Interventional, a US-based medical device company focusing on transcatheter valve ... valve replacement procedures. The largest markets for these devices include aortic and mitral valve ...