Long-axis view on TEE. PML = posterior mitral leaflet, AML = anterior mitral leaflet (Photo Credit: Hannes Alessandrini) As MitraClip procedures continue to expand as an option for nonsurgical ...
In line with recent U.S. recommendations, the newest European guidelines favor a wider pool of patients eligible for surgical and transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease. For example, ...
Heart failure hospitalizations following MitraClip (Abbott) implantation for mitral regurgitation (MR) are markedly reduced, as compared with rates prior to the clip procedure, according to an ...
Evalve, a Menlo Park, Calif., developer of minimally invasive heart-valve repair implants, raised $60 million in a fourth funding round. Evalve’s device is designed to replace risky open-heart surgery ...
OGDEN — Cardiologists at Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital are now performing a procedure on patients with heart failure they say is not only improving lives, but saving them as well. MitraClip is a ...
PHILADELPHIA-- A retrospective study led by researchers from Penn Medicine found that with MitraClip for treatment of secondary mitral regurgitation (MR), a heart disease associated with problems in ...
The US Food and Drug Administration is alerting healthcare providers about the potential for clip lock malfunctions with Abbott's MitraClip's delivery system. "These events appear to occur in ...
For Bobby and Marianne Moore, the golden years of retirement in Baker County, Georgia, have been a time of faith, family and productivity. At 86, Bobby maintains a thriving vegetable garden rooted in ...
Artificial intelligence combines ultrasound and X-ray images to give physicians a real-time 3D view of the repair device ...