TCTMD

Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve a ‘Good Option’, but With Higher Gradients

For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...
Healio

Pressure gradient elevations after mitral valve repair increases mortality risk in AF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with pre-existing atrial fibrillation who underwent percutaneous mitral valve repair and had a mitral ...
TCTMD

Good Outcomes With Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve, With Caveats

For patients with degenerated bioprosthetic valves, transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (MViV) using Sapien 3 (Edwards Lifesciences) provides low rates of mortality and improves heart failure symptoms ...
MedPage Today

Post-MitraClip Gradients Not So Dangerous After All

Patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who were left with high gradients after a MitraClip procedure were not inherently at a disadvantage in their subsequent clinical outcomes, according ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Retrograde Catheterization of the Left Ventricle and Angiography in the Diagnosis of Mitral-Valve Disease

The mitral-valve gradient can be obtained when this is combined with conventional catheterization of the right side of the heart. This method of study of the left side of the heart obviates, in many ...
Medscape

Transapical Valve Replacement Relieves Mitral Regurgitation

For high-risk surgical patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR), insertion of the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR; Abbott) using a cardiac transapical approach ...
MedPage Today on MSN

AltaValve System Shows Promise for Severe Mitral Regurgitation in 1-Year Results

LVOT-sparing device designed for broader applicability of transcatheter mitral valve repla ...
Medical Xpress

Mitral valve-in-valve procedure associated with lower risk of death, disabling strokes

In patients with a poorly functioning bioprosthetic mitral valve in the heart, a minimally invasive procedure to insert a new valve was associated with a lower rate of death or disabling stroke within ...
Healio

TEER safe, effective in high-surgical-risk patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — An analysis of the STS/ACC TVT registry showed that successful transcatheter edge-to-edge repair ...

Redo mitral valve surgery outperforms transcatheter option

A new multicenter study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery finds that reoperative surgical mitral valve replacement ...
UUHC Health Feed

Mitral Valve Repair & Replacement

Our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team collaborates on mitral valve repair, transcatheter technologies, mitral valve replacement, and follow-up treatment so patients can get all their care for ...