Kolkata: At least four patients with blood leakage from the mitral valve underwent treatment using a new technique in a city ...

The Cardiac Dimensions Carillon Mitral Contour System is a minimally invasive mitral regurgitation therapy made possible by nitinol.

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

HighLife announced that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its trans-septal mitral valve replacement (TMVR) ...

The cause of death for Skyview football player William Sloan was sudden cardiac death brought on by natural causes, the Clark ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million ...

Goldsweig pointed out that M-TEER is typically reserved for patients at high or prohibitive risk for mitral valve surgery. A 2001 analysis of patients undergoing M-TEER in the US found that the median ...

The Carillon device is designed to restore natural mitral valve function without damaging the mitral valve leaflets. The simple, catheter-based procedure works by restoring the valve’s natural ...

For transcatheter mitral valve replacement, a common contraindication is the risk of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, particularly in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation, ...