The mitral valve clip, which is marketed in the U.S. as the MitraClip, is a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative used to repair a damaged mitral heart valve. The mitral valve clip procedure ...

A new clip helps older patients with mitral valve prolaspe and who are not strong enough for open surgery. The new minimally-invasive catheter-based procedure involves a half-inch long clip called the ...

According to a new study released Sunday, inserting a clip resembling a clothespin into the heart can help doctors efficiently repair a defective mitral valve. According to a new study released Sunday ...

Cardiologist/Sherpa Dr Ted Feldman (Evanston Hospital, IL) presented the EVEREST II data, a study comparing a percutaneous approach to standard surgical repair for mitral-valve leak. EVEREST is a ...

In the largest randomized trial conducted to compare minimally invasive and conventional cardiac surgical techniques for repairing a poorly functioning mitral valve, improvements in physical activity, ...

On Jan. 5, Forrest General Hospital became the first hospital in Mississippi to treat mitral regurgitation using transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with MitraClip therapy. The procedure was ...

Peter C. Block, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Athena Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.C. While all patients had moderate (3+) to severe (4+) MR at baseline, 64% of patients discharged with a clip had MR ≤2 after 1 month, which ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Third paragraph, first sentence of release dated Feb. 2, 2015, should read: Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute (instead of Miami Cardiovascular Institute). The ...

About 1 in 15 people over the age of 65 have mitral valve prolapse, which can become life-threatening. People with the condition now have a non-surgical option that can restore proper blood flow.

One-third of patients with heart failure suffer from a problem with the mitral valve in the heart: it doesn't close properly, a condition known as mitral regurgitation. As a result, people with this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a real-world study of newer-generation transcatheter mitral valve repair devices, patients who underwent ...