Management of asymptomatic patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation ... a need for surgery, as defined by the 1998 US guidelines for management of valvular heart disease.

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace ... becomes severe the valve must be replaced. If you've been told you have a tight valve, or stenosis, this American Heart Association video ...

The quality of valve surgery itself was still relatively crude for both closed- and open-heart ... to the problem of mitral-valve replacement. This valve is attached to the heart in two separate ...

MitraClip is a less invasive procedure which has revolutionized mitral valve regurgitation treatment, offering quicker ...

In a yet another significant milestone in advanced cardiac care for the tricity, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, has successfully ...

Local furniture store owner and personality Jim ‘Mattress Mack' McIngvale announced this week that he will soon undergo open-heart surgery for a leaky mitral valve. This surgery comes just a few ...

Background: Conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after heart surgery occur ... in 4,071 (81%), aortic valve replacement in 675 (14%), and mitral valve replacement ...

According to a statement, the patient suffered from severe mitral stenosis ... that replaces the diseased mitral valve without the need for open-heart surgery. Instead, the new valve is implanted ...

Healthline contributor and former editor David Mills shares how an annual checkup with his cardiologist resulted in a surprising diagnosis that required open-heart surgery. Share on Pinterest “I ...

Hyderabad: For the first time in the history of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) and in Hyderabad, a rare and complex Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) procedure was ...

Doctors at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad have successfully treated a 56-year-old man suffering from a severe ... mitral valve without requiring open-heart surgery.

Advancements in medical technology have made it possible to replace heart valves using the TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...