The findings provide contemporary surgical benchmarks, which will become even more important as M-TEER trial data emerge.

Even women who felt well before pregnancy may begin to notice symptoms around 28 to 30 weeks, when the cardiovascular system reaches its peak workload.

At 2 years, more than 90% of patients were alive and free from mitral valve reoperation or severe recurrent MR. The incidence ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that is supposed to occur frequently in the presence of panic disorder. Since it is a heart condition, patients told they have this condition have one more thing ...

Heart valve disease can start quietly, with symptoms you might just chalk up to getting older. However, health experts say ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast to discuss the causes and treatment options for degenerative valve ...

Overview The global Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) market is witnessing rapid expansion and is expected to grow at a strong CAGR of nearly 20% during the forecast period. The increasing ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...