A leaky heart valve means blood isn’t moving correctly through one of the heart’s four valves. This can cause complications like heart rhythm disturbances and heart failure. But treatment is usually ...

When a heart valve is damaged or doesn’t close properly, it can cause what’s known as a “leaky valve.” Depending on the severity of the leaky valve, there are several different treatment options, ...

Patients with congenital heart diseases often suffer from obstructions in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which carries blood from the heart to the lungs. These obstructions can be ...

Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc. received the green light in China for its transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (TPVR) system Venusp-Valve. It is a self-expanding TPVR product for the treatment of ...

Recently, catheter-based procedures have been developed to repair the tricuspid valve or reduce the leak without open surgery ...

"We are headed down the road of increasing development and utilization of devices to treat heart failure," Dr. William ...

Tricuspid regurgitation develops when the tricuspid valve between the right atrium and right ventricle does not close properly. The tricuspid valve controls the blood flow from the right atrium to the ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

Learn everything about mitral valve regurgitation—its causes, risk factors, stages, symptoms, and treatment options—in this ...

Nearly a year after recalling a crucial component of its Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) system—a process that began barely a year into the device’s initial rollout—Medtronic is striking ...