Similar to testing a car, a team of researchers at UBC Okanagan has been test-driving a number of mechanical heart valves (MHV)—and the one designed in their own lab appears to outperform the others.

Abbott announced the FDA approved its transcatheter mitral valve replacement system for patients with severe mitral annular ...

The system is available for patients whose mitral valves are not working properly due to severe mitral annular calcification.

Abbott has scored FDA approval for its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system, giving fresh hope to ...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) has received FDA approval today for its Tendyne™ transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) ...

Abbott's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system was approved by the FDA and indicated for those with ...

An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living ...

Affecting about one in 50 people, a potentially deadly condition called mitral regurgitation (MR) is caused by a leaky heart ...

Mitral valve or aortic stenosis ... Other heart conditions that can cause a murmur include: A normal heartbeat makes a lub-dub sound. When you have a heart murmur, your doctor will hear a ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR ... In secondary TR, the valve is normal, and dilation of the heart chamber causes the regurgitation. The outlook and death rates for MR vary greatly depending on the ...

A timely operation can restore life expectancy to normal.” Diagnosis and treatment are based on conversations with the patient, a physical examination and an echocardiogram. Mitral valve repair ...

Mitral valve regurgitation is when your blood isn ... You may not be thinking as clearly as normal because of the surgery. You may even want to consider home health care during the early stages ...