At two years of follow-up, patients with a poorly functioning tricuspid valve in the heart who received the best available ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million ...

The global cardiovascular device market is forecast to grow to nearly $117bn by 2033. Image credit: Shutterstock/catinrocket. Cardiac Dimensions has secured $53m in a ...

3D echocardiography has improved our understanding of mitral valve pathology and selection of appropriate therapy.

TTE detected the progression of her mitral valve pathology with stable LV systolic function at 65%, and worsening MR due to a newly discovered chordae tendineae rupture (Supplementary Video 1).

In 1 case the lesion was produced by rupture of the chordae tendineae of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. In the other case it was produced by fibrous adhesion of the posterior leaflet of ...

Boston Scientific has led a $175 million funding round for the mitral valve developer 4C Medical, which is currently working on an international pivotal study. The series D proceeds represent a ...

Transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair (TEER) of the mitral valve could be an interesting alternative in this high‐risk patient cohort. Thus, in this meta‐analysis, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of ...

Image credit: Shutterstock / LightField Studios. Capstan Medical’s robot platform has been used for the first in-human robotic assisted transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures, confirming ...

Capstan Medical says a surgeon has conducted the first successful catheter-delivered mitral valve replacement using the company’s nitinol-enabled implant and robotics platform. [Photo courtesy ...