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 ...

Although patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) who are treated with percutaneous repair are more likely than those who receive surgery to require a second procedure in the first year, long-term ...

CHICAGO, IL—Eagerly awaited results from two percutaneous mitral valve edge-to-edge repair trials are finally cresting the horizon. It’s confirmed: MITRA-FR will be released at the 2018 European ...

A prospective study of patients whose acute Achilles tendon ruptures were sutured percutaneously showed that the new technique produced functional outcomes comparable to tendons repaired open and with ...

Traditional treatment has been open heart surgery. Percutaneous repair of paravalvular prosthetic regurgitation can now be performed with a high rate of procedural success and has become the preferred ...

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitralign, Inc., an innovative provider of percutaneous valve repair solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Mr Michael R Carmont, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Princess Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire, UK and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, ...

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 ...

• Mitral valve repair remains a feasible option for appropriately selected rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients requiring reintervention after prior percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) ...

In cardiology, the admixture of new tools plus an unmet medical need often brings zeal. Indeed, new tools can be a positive; think transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). But new devices can ...