When one of the heart's valves springs a big leak, that can spell big trouble. The good news: The condition, known as degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR), is treatable using a minimally invasive ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

In June, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge began offering a new option to heart patients with leaky tricuspid heart valves, a condition that doctors previously had few tools to treat.

Mercy Health – Springfield is now offering an alternate treatment option for those with a leaky heart valve who are ineligible for traditional open-heart surgery. The treatment, Mitral Trans Catheter ...

Q: I recently had an echocardiogram done because my physician detected a heart murmur. The test also indicated that I had a "leaky valve." My internist said I shouldn't be overly concerned, since this ...

(RTTNews) - Abbott (ABT) said that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention that ...

TULSA, Okla. — On Feb. 1 the FDA approved a new therapy for patients suffering from a leaky tricuspid valve. The first-of-its-kind transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement therapy is a less invasive ...

Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery. By Gina Kolata For the first time, patients with damaged ...

MIAMI — A new treatment could help more than one million Americans with an often overlooked heart problem. Dr. Nish Patel, a cardiologist with Baptist Health Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, said ...

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital First on Central Coast to Implant TriClip™ System, Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve The structural heart team at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) now ...

Q. I have mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation, rated 2+ to 3+. This seems quite serious to me, but my doctor has told me that it will be fine. Because I also have lots of skipped beats, I had a ...

For the first time, patients with damaged tricuspid valves in their hearts might have a safe treatment that actually helps. More than 1 million mostly older Americans have seriously leaking tricuspids ...