In a session at TCT 2014, two surgeons squared off over the proposal that catheter-based mitral valve therapies for mitral regurgitation (MR) will have an important clinical role in the future.

BOSTON, MA—Patients with significant symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) who had complex anatomy making them ineligible for inclusion in the CLASP IID trial can be treated safely and ...

BOSTON -- The Pascal device for edge-to-edge mitral valve repair was as safe and effective as the MitraClip device, the pivotal CLASP IID trial showed. In a pre-specified interim analysis of the first ...

The prevalence of mitral valve disease increases with age; >10% of patients aged >75 years who require hospitalization have substantial mitral regurgitation, predominantly of degenerative aetiology ...

MINNEAPOLIS, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. ("4C Medical"), a medical device company dedicated to advancing minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease, has ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common congenital abnormality of the heart that can cause severe complications such as arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. To date, the causes of MVP ...

Testing by Rutgers Health and other institutions is reshaping how – and how gently – doctors repair failing valves ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it has received CE Mark for its fourth-generation MitraClip™ Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System, the leading ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CardiAQ), today announced that it has received a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to ...

4C Medical Technologies has secured dual breakthrough device designations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AltaValve system. AltaValve System is a transcatheter mitral valve ...

The MitraClip G4 system provides physicians in Europe with enhancements to MitraClip's first-of-its-kind clip-based technology, building upon the device's proven delivery system. In addition to ...