Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with the MitraClip (Abbott) to treat functional and degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) fails relatively infrequently when performed at high-volume centers, ...

PARIS, France—Two years after undergoing edge-to-edge repair with MitraClip as a bridge to heart transplantation, roughly half of these very sick heart failure (HF) patients received a new heart, ...

In 2013, the FDA approved an implantable device to treat leaky heart valves. Among its inventors was Mehmet Oz, the former television personality and former U.S. Senate candidate widely known as "Dr.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 24, 2007 – The vast majority of patients who had a successful result with the percutaneous MitraClip device did not need mitral valve surgery three years after their procedure, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — A novel mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system was noninferior to an existing system in ...

Failed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of functional and degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) with the MitraClip (Abbott) is relatively uncommon at high-volume centers but associated with a high ...

The Heart Institute of NCH Healthcare System is proud to announce that our own Dr. Robert Cubeddu has performed the first minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) in Collier County.