The anatomic characteristics of the mitral valve in 70–80% of these patients were outside the inclusion criteria stated in the EVEREST II trial. [48] Therefore, in the 'real-world' setting it ...

It has been generally thought that significant elevations of the left atrial and pulmonary vascular pressures occur in patients with mitral regurgitation of sufficient severity to produce serious ...

Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair of the mitral valve (mTEER) reduced a hierarchical end point that included death and heart failure hospitalization in COAPT (Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the ...

Introduction The prevalence of Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) varies between different populations and age groups and is poorly understood, with figures ranging from 0.6 -15%. A more precise estimate is ...

Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States Objective: To determine procedural feasibility, ...

Maple’s owners noticed a problem. Their 9-year-old Chihuahua started to have a dry, hacking cough three to four times a day, ...

We present a case of a 76-year-old patient with concomitant severe aortic valve stenosis and severe mitral valve stenosis who underwent concurrent TAVI and transcatheter mitral valve replacement. In ...

Objectives This study evaluates the 5-year clinical outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve (MV) repair with the MitraClip device in patients at high risk for MV surgery treated in the Endovascular ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

However, there are key differences in the studies that make a 1:1 comparison difficult. For one, the patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial had less severe mitral valve regurgitation than did those in the ...

The MITRA-PRO registry identified residual mitral regurgitation (MR) as an essential factor influencing survival after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER). The 3D-Vena Contracta Area (VCA) may ...

This Santa Cruz startup raised $110 million to develop a robotic alternative to open-heart surgery. Here's how it's changing ...