The clinical diagnosis was mitral stenosis, with severe pulmonary hypertension and secondary pulmonary valvular insufficiency. On February 8 cardiac surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass was ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Valcare Medical’s investigational device exemption application, allowing it to begin an early feasibility study of its transcatheter ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

This murmur is often difficult to distinguish from the Graham-Steele murmur of pulmonic insufficiency ... jet striking the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve causing it to vibrate.

The AMENDtm Trans-Septal System is a trans catheter device intended for treatment of mitral insufficiency with a semi rigid, closed, D-shaped annuloplasty ring that mimics today's surgical gold ...