October 2, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — The implantation of a transcatheter valve, the Edwards Sapien, inside a failing surgically implanted mitral valve or mitral ring--a so-called valve-in-valve ...

For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

Edwards Lifesciences today shared new data demonstrating successful outcomes with its mitral and tricuspid therapies.

The largest study to examine outcomes for patients treated outside a clinical trial setting with a minimally invasive procedure to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve in the heart found that the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve procedures, especially those done via transseptal access, are associated with low mortality and adverse event rates as well as quality-of-life ...

Edwards Lifesciences, the Irvine, California-based medical device company is betting big on the transcatheter mitral valve therapies. On Monday, the structural heart company that dominates the ...

The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral valve prolapse is known to be one of the most common cardiac abnormalities in the general population. The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award. It ...

Understanding Mitral Valve Prolapse and separating fact from fiction in heart health. Her EKG was flat-out normal, and I held the tracing up for her to see. "You're perfect," I announced. "And to my ...