Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor says I have a leaky mitral valve. What does this mean? And does it need to be treated if it’s not causing symptoms? DEAR READER: The four valves of your heart work like ...

Edwards Lifesciences has been awarded CE mark for the Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system. The approval is for the transcatheter treatment of patients with symptomatic (moderate-to-severe or ...

The Tendyne system replaces mitral valves that are not functioning properly due to a buildup of calcium in the base of the valves, known as severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) Tendyne offers a ...

Background Rheumatic mitral valve disease remains a major global health challenge. Determining optimal surgical approaches is ...

Mortality at 30 days was deemed “acceptable” after valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring procedures, but “high” after valve-in-MAC ...

ST. LOUIS – If you are suffering from severe heart valve disease, your physician may recommend heart valve replacement surgery. Valve replacement is the best option for patients whose valves have ...

A small orifice area on its own should not dissuade operators from offering the procedure as an option, a researcher says.

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition affecting the heart. Doctors may also call it floppy mitral valve syndrome or systolic click-murmur syndrome. It stems from a mitral valve malfunction, which may ...