Patients with heart failure who took dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were significantly less likely ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement using self-expanding valves is a critical intervention for patients with congenital heart defects, but the risk of coronary artery compression during the ...

Current treatment options for heart valve disease exclude too many patients ... Capstan engineers saw a way to address challenges in the mitral anatomy by designing a compact valve that does not block ...

“Until recently, tricuspid regurgitation could only be treated surgically with open-heart surgery.” The release said the TriClip G4 procedure allows doctors to repair the valve by inserting a ...

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...

vice president and chief medical officer, Structural Heart, which is part of ... requiring tailored valve selection for their unique anatomy. Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic.

The study employs various projections to visualize heart structures, valves, and coronary arteries, emphasizing the anatomy and function of the heart during different phases of the cardiac cycle.

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss ...

A medical device company with offices in Boston received FDA approval for a new iteration of its heart valve technology that allows for minimally invasive heart surgery. A medical device company ...

One cause to a malfunctioning heart may have to do with a bad valve, specifically the mitral valve. If the flaps of the valve malfunction and blood flows backwards - the impact can be no big deal ...