According to a new study released Sunday, inserting a clip resembling a clothespin into the heart can help doctors efficiently repair a defective mitral valve. According to a new study released Sunday ...

Saket: Doctors perform Transcatheter Mitral Valve repair (TMVr) therapy, a leaking heart valve surgery successfully on a complex case of a heart patient at Max super specialty hospital, Saket. In this ...

A new clip helps older patients with mitral valve prolaspe and who are not strong enough for open surgery. The new minimally-invasive catheter-based procedure involves a half-inch long clip called the ...

On Jan. 5, Forrest General Hospital became the first hospital in Mississippi to treat mitral regurgitation using transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with MitraClip therapy. The procedure was ...

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 ...

Through a collaboration with Edwards Lifesciences, Philips is rolling out new artificial intelligence tools designed to ...

About 1 in 15 people over the age of 65 have mitral valve prolapse, which can become life-threatening. People with the condition now have a non-surgical option that can restore proper blood flow.

In May, one of Joe Minker’s heart valves was failing. For him, the standard treatment – open-heart surgery to repair or replace the valve – was a riskier-than-usual option. Fortunately, a new ...

Surgical repair decreased MR more than MitraClip ®. In 12-month follow-up, 20% of MitraClip patients required surgery for mitral dysfunction versus 2% in surgical patients. Both groups had ...

Seattle-based UW Medicine Heart Institute cardiologist performed a first-of-its-kind procedure — retrieving and replacing a clip device from a patient’s mitral valve with only a catheter. Previously, ...

Several mitral valve repair techniques can be employed to reduce symptoms of mitral regurgitation. One such technique is edge-to-edge repair, which involves suture of the mitral valve leaflets along ...

The MitraClip is implanted in a percutaneous procedure that is performed using both fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. First, femoral venous access is obtained via standard percutaneous ...