Earlier surgical intervention for mitral valve disease is better for most...
A more aggressive approach to treating degenerative mitral valve disease, using earlier surgical intervention and less invasive techniques, is more beneficial to the patient than "watchful waiting,"...
View ArticleHRQoL outcomes not improving for transapical TAVR
(HealthDay)—Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes have not improved for patients undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TA-TAVR), according to research published...
View ArticleFDA: improved artificial heart valve approved
(HealthDay)—The newest version of the Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
View ArticleNormal headphone use unlikely to interfere with settings of programmable...
Researchers at Brown University examined three magnetically programmable shunt valves to see if the magnetic field emissions of headphones can cause unintentional changes in shunt valve settings. Based...
View ArticleInflammatory link discovered between arthritis and heart valve disease
Australian researchers have used models to identify a potential link between excess production of inflammatory proteins that cause rheumatoid arthritis and the development of heart valve disease.
View ArticleTeam identifies first gene that causes mitral valve prolapse
An international research collaboration led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified the first gene in which mutations cause the common form of mitral valve prolapse (MVP),...
View ArticleEarly surgery for mitral regurgitation, before clinical triggers emerge, has...
About 2% of the U.S. population has mitral valve regurgitation, which left untreated, can remain mild or lead to arrhythmia or heart failure. Timing of surgery is a matter of controversy, with...
View ArticleMedtronic to spend $458M on heart valve developer
Medical device maker Medtronic will pay up to $458 million for a privately held company that is developing a heart valve replacement.
View ArticleCardiologists fail to identify basic and advanced murmurs
Cardiologists failed to identify more than half of basic and about 35 percent of advanced pre-recorded murmurs, but skills improved after a 90 minute training session, according to research presented...
View ArticleTranscatheter aortic valve replacement is safe, effective for very elderly...
Select patients age 90 years and older with aortic stenosis (AS) can benefit from a relatively new, minimally invasive surgery for aortic valve replacement, according to an article in the September...
View ArticleResearchers develop novel prosthetic heart valve for treatment of severe...
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel prosthetic heart valve, known as VeloX, which can be implanted through a small incision for the treatment of...
View ArticleBlood clots may complicate aortic valve replacements
Heart valve replacements made from tissue (bioprosthetic valves) have long been thought to be spared the complication of blood clot formation. Researchers have now found that about 15 percent of all...
View ArticleHearts on screen
With the patient's heart displayed on a screen, cardiac specialists and engineers can run simulations of a variety of surgical procedures and predict their effects prior to an operation. This will save...
View ArticleFavorable one-year clinical outcomes for catheter-based aortic valve...
Penn Medicine has performed more than 1,200 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements (TAVR) on patients with severe aortic stenosis. Today, at the Transcatheter Cardiac Therapeutics conference in San...
View ArticleFrench court finds pharma firm Servier negligent in deadly drug scandal
Eight years after a scandal erupted over a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths, a French court on Thursday found pharmaceutical firm Servier negligent for the first time for having left...
View ArticleStructural heart program continues to build upon minimally invasive techniques
There is a debate about when the first successful open-heart surgery was performed in the United States. Some believe it was 122 years ago in Chicago when surgeon Daniel Hale Williams performed the...
View ArticleHeart valve patients may benefit from managing own blood thinners
Allowing select patients to self-manage blood thinners following heart valve surgery may lead to a lower risk of major complications, according to an article posted online by the Annals of Thoracic...
View ArticleMechanical heart valve prosthesis superior to biological
A mechanical valve prosthesis has a better survival record than a biological valve prosthesis, according to a large registry study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet. The finding, which is published...
View ArticleFirst outcomes report from novel heart surgery registry shows excellent...
Four years after its approval in the United States, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continues to evolve and demonstrate positive outcomes for patients with aortic stenosis, a common heart...
View ArticleFDA approved almost all medical devices in the last year
The Food and Drug Administration says it approved 98 percent of all high-risk medical devices submitted during the most recent fiscal year, the highest rate in at least 15 years.
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