Mitral valve surgery is used to treat both primary and secondary MR. Surgery, whether mitral valve repair or replacement, has been the standard of care in treating patients with primary (degenerative) ...

Almost 20 years’ worth of follow-up in an international registry shows that patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve (MV) repair had better survival, fewer ...

HighLife announced today that it received CE mark approval for its transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system.

Dr. Robert Michler answers the question: 'Replacing Mitral Valve During Bypass?' — -- Question: I have a 'leaky' mitral valve. My doctor wants me to have my valve replaced while I am having my ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after ...

To determine the best path forward, you need to work with a cardiologist. They will review the tests you had and can ...

Patient will be placed under general anesthesia. An endotracheal tube will be inserted into the patient’s windpipe and connected to a ventilator to assist the patient’s breathing. Another probe will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greg Denning has never really liked going to the doctor, and for most of his life he's been an active person who was able to avoid significant medical care. That started to change one day when he and ...