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 ...

SAN DIEGO — You don’t see a whole lot of senior citizens cruising around San Diego on inline skates, let alone setting racing records in national competitions. 78-year-old Roger Olson was making ...

Dr. Vikas Singh and Dr. Syed Raza recently completed Baptist Health Floyd Structural Heart Program's 100th MitraClip procedure. This is a minimally invasive trans-catheter procedure used to ...

CHICAGO -- Emerging real-world data supported benefits of MitraClip therapy in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who didn't fit the COAPT profile, the EXPAND study showed. MR was often ...

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 ...

Failed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of functional and degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) with the MitraClip (Abbott) is relatively uncommon at high-volume centers but associated with a high ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It's Heart Month, and today of all days is a reminder to take care of your heart. That's why we have some exciting news from CHRISTUS Spohn Shoreline! They're the only hospital ...

In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device — “a Class I recall, the most serious type,” the FDA said. “Use of this device may cause serious injuries or death ...

- New national reimbursement enables access to transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures with MitraClip for people with secondary mitral regurgitation, significantly expanding the eligible patient ...

CHENNAI, India, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Hospitals, Asia's foremost and most trusted healthcare group, today announced a successful MitraClip implant on a 41-year-old male farmer who had ...