Percutaneous repair of mitral regurgitation continues to evolve as new technologies are developed. The leader in this area is Evalve, which has now completed its phase-1 trial of clip delivery to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite similar procedural success, percutaneous mitral valve repair for post-MI mitral regurgitation was ...

CHICAGO, IL—Eagerly awaited results from two percutaneous mitral valve edge-to-edge repair trials are finally cresting the horizon. It’s confirmed: MITRA-FR will be released at the 2018 European ...

When patients present with symptoms, or when there are objective signs of poor tolerance in patients without symptoms, surgery should be performed using as often as possible surgical mitral valve ...

Arthur Decheser said the “doctors were dancing” last week after they successfully used a new device to stop his mitral valve from leaking. Surgeons at St. Luke’s University Health Network placed a ...

Mitral valve is located in the heart between left atrium and left ventricle that helps to restrict the flow of blood back into the left atrium, helping in the normal blood flow. Percutaneous mitral ...

Peter C. Block, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Athena Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.C. While all patients had moderate (3+) to severe (4+) MR at baseline, 64% of patients discharged with a clip had MR ≤2 after 1 month, which ...

Surgical valve repair for mitral regurgitation (MR) has been used for decades. Percutaneous approaches to mitral valve repair have been undergoing evaluation in trials over the last few years, and ...

PARIS, France—Early data on 2 different catheter-based mitral valve therapies were presented in the same Hot Line session at EuroPCR on May 21, 2014. Francesco Maisano, MD, of University Hospital ...

(Philadelphia, PA and New Orleans, Louisiana) – The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) is participating in a nationwide clinical trial of a new valve repair device that could replace ...

Mitral-valve repair can be accomplished with an investigational procedure that involves the percutaneous implantation of a clip that grasps and approximates the edges of the mitral leaflets at the ...

New Orleans, LA - The first experience in humans of a new percutaneous technique for mitral valve repair has been described at the American College of Cardiology 2004 Scientific Sessions here today.