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 ...

Although patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) who are treated with percutaneous repair are more likely than those who receive surgery to require a second procedure in the first year, long-term ...

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 ...

A prospective study of patients whose acute Achilles tendon ruptures were sutured percutaneously showed that the new technique produced functional outcomes comparable to tendons repaired open and with ...

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitralign, Inc., an innovative provider of percutaneous valve repair solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted ...

Several advances have been made in interventional cardiology, particularly in the field of valvular heart disease. Among the procedures for which technologies are available, percutaneous replacement ...

(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 ...

Mitralign Inc., a cardiovascular device company, today reported on the successful use of its technology to perform a percutaneous repair on a patient with tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Prof. Dr. med.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—October 31, 2013—A Paravalvular regurgitation, or leakage, commonly affects valvular prostheses, particularly artificial valves placed percutaneously according to data presented at the ...

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 ...

In cardiology, the admixture of new tools plus an unmet medical need often brings zeal. Indeed, new tools can be a positive; think transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). But new devices can ...