The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...

A small orifice area on its own should not dissuade operators from offering the procedure as an option, a researcher says.

For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...

A keyhole surgery procedure for mitral valve disease has been rolled out across the NHS this week after a decade-long delay due to funding struggles. The procedure, trans-catheter edge-to-edge repair ...

Inside the four chambers of your heart is a system designed to pump blood throughout your body. When that system works properly, blood flows through two chambers on the right side of your heart, then ...

NEW ORLEANS — In a clinical trial comparing repeat mitral valve replacement surgery with a transcatheter valve-in-valve approach for dysfunctional bioprosthetic mitral valves, results linked the less ...

Thoracoscopically-assisted mitral valve surgery involves the repair of a defective valve, using a camera to visualise the procedure, through small incisions between the ribs rather than one large ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among those requiring mitral valve surgery, Black patients were less likely to undergo a minimally invasive ...

Mitral regurgitation occurs when one of the four valves in the heart – the mitral valve – does not close properly, allowing blood to leak backwards. It may lead to shortness of breath and eventually ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...