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 ...

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 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 ...

THE Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) has become the first health facility in Gauteng to successfully ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

The Gauteng Health Department explained that the MitralClip itself is a "minute clip passed through a catheter, which aids the mitral valve in sealing properly, subsequently restoring normal blood ...