Mitral valve prolapse treatment aims to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and improve the quality of life of people who have blood that leaks back into their heart’s left atrium. Mitral valve ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a common heart valve condition in which the mitral valve cannot close properly. Cardiologists may implant mitral valve clips to help the valve close effectively. Mitral ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is a heart condition that occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium. Symptoms do not always occur. When they ...

Abbott’s MitraClip implant just got a new sibling. The FDA has approved the company’s Tendyne system, as a minimally invasive heart replacement for patients with mitral valve disease that would ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In two forms of severe mitral valve disease with high rates of mortality and limited treatment options, multicenter trials with novel transcatheter devices produced what experts ...

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 ...

Findings from the AltaValve™ Early Feasibility Study suggest that patients with a leaky mitral valve have sustained clinical ...