A new, retrospective study trying to tease out the benefits of MitraClip procedures according to the etiology of mitral regurgitation (MR) hints that, compared with conservative management, ...

MitraClip, a catheter-delivered device, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of patients with significant symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation who are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter mitral valve repair improved outcomes and symptoms in patients with moderate to severe mitral ...

SAN DIEGO -- Percutaneous repair of the mitral valve improved key outcomes in moderate-to-severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation for heart failure patients who had exhausted pharmaceutical options, ...

Abbott Vascular has announced today that its first-in-class, catheter-based MitraClip device has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with mitral regurgitation. Perspective from ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A special clip that looks like a miniature clothespin is helping turn lives around. This is a treatment for people who have a heart valve problem that causes fatigue and ...

A study from Abbott found that employing its cardiac valve repair implant during earlier phases of heart failure—when a patient’s leaky mitral valve is still considered to be functional—could lead to ...

AUSTIN -- Imagine struggling to breathe and getting worse every day. Four million Americans suffer from a condition called mitral valve regurgitation which causes blood to flow backward in the heart.

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 ...

Mary York's heart broke when she heard her husband of 65 years say he didn't want to live anymore. However, physicians were able to repair his heart -- and ultimately hers, too -- when her husband ...

As Mrs Doubtfire famously said in that funniest of Robin Williams movies, "Hold on, dear . . . help is on the way!" The same can be said to our patients with mitral-valve leak who are failing medical ...