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) ...

The left heart pump consists of the left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle ... cardiomyopathy), or the diastolic portion (as in diastolic dysfunction). Proper treatment requires making this ...

As the number of procedures is expected to rise, a consistent methodology to characterize the mitral valve and identify the most suitable TMVR device for each patient is of paramount importance.

The transcatheter mitral valve prosthesis is ideally suited for patients with inoperable mitral etiology. The transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) procedure has closely followed the ...

The aim of this research was to assess sex differences in the etiology of surgical mitral valve disease and whether those differences have persisted over time. A retrospective analysis was performed ...