ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, 1 it was Andreas Vesalius who suggested the picturesque term “mitral” to describe the left atrioventricular valve owing to its resemblance to a plan view of the ...

Living valves can grow with the child, reducing the need for repeat surgeries MONDAY, March, 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have ...

[Image from CoreMedic] CoreMedic announced today that it picked up new funding in a Series B extension to support its transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) device. MIG Capital AG, a new ...

Doctors at Duke performed the first-ever mitral heart valve replacement surgery. A severely damaged mitral valve can cause heart failure and other problems. Mechanical and non-living valve replacement ...

In the midst of transformative transcatheter approaches to repair diseased aortic and mitral valves, the tricuspid valve has been overshadowed, according to Michael E. Bowdish, MD, vice chair of ...

When considering the application of emerging technologies for the treatment of significant MR, it is anticipated that these will be used among patients with advanced comorbidities, deemed unsuitable ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award.