Los Angeles Times

Less invasive technique for repair of heart’s mitral valve is better than surgery -- at least in the short term

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A catheter-based procedure that uses a clothespin-like device threaded ...
Medscape

Episode #3: Transradial PCI, short-term acute-MI mortality, pharmacist-doctor teams for HF, access to mitral-valve surgery, rosiglitazone safety

Join us for an audio recap of the news that is important to cardiologists this week. Cite this: Episode #3: Transradial PCI, short-term acute-MI mortality, pharmacist-doctor teams for HF, access to ...
Business Wire

HighLife Launches a New Large Annulus Valve in Ongoing Clinical Studies for Patients Suffering From Mitral Regurgitation

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HighLife SAS, a medtech company focused on the development of a novel Trans-Septal Mitral Valve Replacement (“TSMVR”) system to treat patients suffering from moderate to severe ...

Intracardiac echocardiography recognized as ‘transformative’ imaging modality in new SCAI position statement

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a comprehensive roadmap that details the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide structural heart disease ...
The Times of Israel

Israeli doctors perform 1st ever emergency mitral valve repair on heart transplant patient

A team of Rabin Medical Center doctors successfully performed an emergency mitral valve repair procedure on a heart transplant patient, a procedure that has been previously documented only twice in ...