The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has performed the first successful MitraClip implants on three state-funded patients in Gauteng. The minimally invasive procedure is ...
The device has evolved from one aimed at just functional MR to a broader HF therapy. EMPOWER will provide more insights.
High-volume centres achieve excellent long-term survival and low reoperation rates in mitral valve repair—key findings ...
Older Vermonters are finding a better quality of life thanks to a new heart valve procedure. Last year, Hazel Winter of ...
February is American Heart Month, so I felt it was finally time to share my personal heart story. My paternal line has a long ...
Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...
The tricuspid valve is anatomically complex. It’s often called the “forgotten valve” because of its position in the back of ...
For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...
For Heart Month, Lynne Currie, the Baptist Heart Valve Coordinator, explained what Mitral Valve Regurgitation is, and what ...
As tools become more precise and non-invasive, doctors are able to diagnose and treat heart conditions with greater accuracy ...
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women with nearly 45% of women over the age of 20 living with some form of CVD.
CoreMedic announced that it picked up new funding in a Series B extension to support its transcatheter mitral valve repair ...