Low event rates and short TTRs with warfarin were notable, and questions persist as to which patients truly need OAC.

Highlighted text has been updated as of November 5, 2024. The COAPT trial showed that transcatheter mitral valve approximation using the MitraClip on a background of maximally tolerated GDMT was ...

Highlighted text has been updated as of October 31, 2024. The MATTERHORN trial showed that M-TEER is noninferior to surgical mitral valve repair regarding clinical efficacy and has a better safety ...

However, heart valve disease doesn’t have symptoms in its early stages. There are many types of valve disease, including mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve regurgitation, leaky heart valve, and ...

Luna, a 28 Fr. transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system, features a unique valve and anchor design and utilizes nitinol. Los Gatos, California-based Tioga designed it to minimize ...

According to Yang, Valve isn’t planning on “incrementally better” yearly releases. Instead, Valve is planning “to wait for a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life ...

Mitral valve prolapse, also known as click-murmur syndrome, Barlow's syndrome, balloon mitral valve, or floppy valve syndrome, is the bulging of one or both of the mitral valve flaps (leaflets) into ...

Papillary fibroelastoma is the third most common primary ... They may arise anywhere in the heart but occur most frequently on the aortic valve, either on the ventricular or arterial aspect.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(6):350-353. Randall N de Visser, RN de Visser gained his medical degree in 1996 from the University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and in 1997 he ...

What Is Endobronchial Valve (EBV) Therapy? If you have been diagnosed with advanced emphysema, also called COPD, EBV treatment might be an option for you. Patients living with emphysema experience ...