An initial foray into the ‘final frontier’ of percutaneous valve procedures—tricuspid valve replacement—suggests that a currently available pulmonary valve can feasibly be implanted in the tricuspid ...

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 ...

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 ...

When patients present with symptoms, or when there are objective signs of poor tolerance in patients without symptoms, surgery should be performed using as often as possible surgical mitral valve ...

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of tricuspid regurgitation appears to reduce mortality and heart failure hospitalizations in patients at high surgical risk, according to the largest series to look ...

Vancouver, BC - Canadian researchers pioneering a retrograde approach to percutaneous aortic valve implantation say the strategy has the potential to benefit many patients, provided key improvements ...

Clinical trials testing many unique devices are now underway to demonstrate whether percutaneous treatment of mitral regurgitation can be done safely and successfully. Despite careful engineering and ...

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is becoming a reality and brings new hope for a number of patients who cannot currently be treated with traditional surgical techniques. Whereas surgical valve ...

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 ...

In the field of medicine, and particularly in cardiology, a shift has been made possible from invasive treatment such as surgery, to less-invasive procedures such as interventional catheterization. 1 ...

Mitral-valve repair can be accomplished with an investigational procedure that involves the percutaneous implantation of a clip that grasps and approximates the edges of the mitral leaflets at the ...