It involves less pain, less bleeding, and there’s lower risk of infection,” said cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Sanjay Tripathi.

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement had a more than threefold higher 10-year rate of infective endocarditis than those at moderate risk for the disease, whereas undergoing mitral valve ...

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Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) physicians Pradeep K. Yadav, M.D., Director of Structural Interventions, and Vinod H. Thourani, M.D., Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery, successfully performed ...

For patients with failing bioprosthetic surgical mitral valves, the transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) procedure provides early outcomes similar to those seen with repeat surgical replacement, ...

MAN’S STORY. YOU COULD SAY HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. YEAH, DEB, THIS STORY COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. DEVONTE FLETCHER IS ONLY 30 YEARS OLD, BUT HE HAS A HISTORY OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, ATRIAL ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transseptal mitral valve replacement system was approved for patients unsuitable for surgery or transcatheter ...

The mitral valve controls the flow of blood from the heart’s left atrium down to the left ventricle, where it is pumped out to the body. When part of the valve doesn’t close properly, it’s called ...

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Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...