Seattle-based UW Medicine Heart Institute cardiologist performed a first-of-its-kind procedure — retrieving and replacing a clip device from a patient’s mitral valve with only a catheter. Previously, ...

Greg Denning has never really liked going to the doctor, and for most of his life he's been an active person who was able to avoid significant medical care. That started to change one day when he and ...

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

Leicester, UK - Use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) during mitral-valve surgery to treat continuous atrial fibrillation (AF) can boost the number of patients in normal sinus rhythm and improve ...

MAN’S STORY. YOU COULD SAY HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. YEAH, DEB, THIS STORY COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. DEVONTE FLETCHER IS ONLY 30 YEARS OLD, BUT HE HAS A HISTORY OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, ATRIAL ...

By becoming the first health system in the region to offer robotic mitral valve surgery, this minimally invasive approach offers many benefits for patients. In this segment, cardiothoracic ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast to discuss the causes and treatment options for degenerative valve ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa General Hospital is breaking down medical barriers. The hospital is the first and only hospital in the Southeast to complete a Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement with a ...

Song HK, Grab JD, O'Brien SM, Welke KF, Edwards F, Ungerleider RM. Gender differences in mortality after mitral valve operation: evidence for higher mortality in perimenopausal women. Ann Thorac Surg ...

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 ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...