Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...

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MiRus announced that it launched a U.S. multi-center early feasibility study for its Siegel transcatheter heart valve (THV).

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The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke ...

The titanium device’s underlying principles were first envisioned in 2001 by a biomedical engineer named Daniel Timms. Timms, ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...