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People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study, "Mitral annular disjunction ...

A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HighLife SAS, a medtech company focused on the development of a novel Trans-Septal Mitral Valve Replacement (“TSMVR”) system to treat patients suffering from moderate to severe ...

The mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve. This is one of the heart’s four valves that help prevent blood from flowing backward as it moves through the heart. Read on to learn more about ...

The mitral valve is a complex structure encompassing the valve leaflets, annulus, chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles. 1 Primary mitral regurgitation is caused by a primary leaflet abnormality, ...

Regulatory approval clears the path for Valtech to market its implantable mitral reconstruction device in European markets MR is a vastly underserved condition in which the mitral valve leaflets fail ...

PARIS, France—Results from the Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) Global Registry suggest that if patients can survive the complex initial procedure and its aftermath, they have a good chance of ...

High-risk patients treated with the AltaValve system, which employs a novel atrial fixation mechanism, had sustained reductions in mitral regurgitation at 1 year and improved clinical outcomes in an ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet ...