Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral ...

Edwards Lifesciences has received CE marking for its transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement system, setting up ...

The replacement system is launching into markets already served by repair devices, namely Edwards’ Pascal and Abbott’s ...

After acquiring its developer last year, Edwards Lifesciences has now obtained a European approval for what it described as ...

The Cardiac Dimensions Carillon Mitral Contour System is a minimally invasive mitral regurgitation therapy made possible by ...

In this interview, Dr. Block discusses the challenges of treating MR, how patients are being selected for percutaneous transcatheter ... to percutaneous mitral valve repair. Peter, there are ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s Sapien M3 secured CE mark for its Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system for transfemoral treatment of patients with mitral valve disease who are ineligible for surgery ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in 30-40% of patients presenting for mitral valve surgery. In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's ...

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its national coverage determination (NCD) for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) when used to treat patients with ...

CMS has approved Medicare and Medicaid coverage for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedures for the treatment of symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation. The procedures will be subject to ...

4C Medical Technologies Inc. raised $175 million in a series D financing round led by Boston Scientific Corp. The financing will support the regulatory trials and commercialization of the Altavalve ...