An initial foray into the ‘final frontier’ of percutaneous valve procedures—tricuspid valve replacement—suggests that a currently available pulmonary valve can feasibly be implanted in the tricuspid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite similar procedural success, percutaneous mitral valve repair for post-MI mitral regurgitation was ...

Peter C. Block, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Athena Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.C. While all patients had moderate (3+) to severe (4+) MR at baseline, 64% of patients discharged with a clip had MR ≤2 after 1 month, which ...

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of tricuspid regurgitation appears to reduce mortality and heart failure hospitalizations in patients at high surgical risk, according to the largest series to look ...

Vancouver, BC - Canadian researchers pioneering a retrograde approach to percutaneous aortic valve implantation say the strategy has the potential to benefit many patients, provided key improvements ...

Three new studies evaluate a rapidly advancing field within interventional cardiology: percutaneous procedures to repair and replace defective heart valves. Percutaneous valve procedures, which are ...

The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center was chosen as a site for a critical percutaneous heart valve study. As part of the research study, Methodist physicians will replace diseased cardiac ...

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is becoming a reality and brings new hope for a number of patients who cannot currently be treated with traditional surgical techniques. Whereas surgical valve ...

In the field of medicine, and particularly in cardiology, a shift has been made possible from invasive treatment such as surgery, to less-invasive procedures such as interventional catheterization. 1 ...

(May 10, 2007—ORLANDO, FL) -- Catheter techniques are expanding into new territory, successfully aiding in the replacement of narrowed, calcified aortic valves in patients too sick to withstand ...

Surgical valve replacement is currently the only effective treatment for patients with aortic stenosis. Many patients are, however, unsuitable for surgery because of end-stage disease, older age and ...

Just a few years ago, treating critical aortic stenosis required surgery. Now, there’s transcatheter aortic valve replacement, which allows for treatment of the heart’s blocked valve without actual ...