When considering the complexity of the mitral valve apparatus, it is useful to classify the transcatheter approaches according to the major structural abnormality that they address. 19 Unlike the ...

These techniques include coronary sinus annuloplasty, direct annuloplasty, leaflet repair strategies and left ventricular chamber remodeling devices. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: Coronary ...

even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study, "Mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse: long-term risk of ventricular arrhythmias after surgery" from ...

Nitinol is commonly used in replacement heart valve frames, but that’s not how the new Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system uses nitinol’s shape memory ...

For instance, they may: reshape the valve reconnect a damaged valve leaflet strengthen a leaf by adding a ring to reinforce it repair the tissue that connects the valve to the heart muscle The ...

The Cardiac Dimensions Carillon Mitral Contour System is a minimally invasive treatment for mitral valve regurgitation that would not be possible without nitinol and advanced catheter technology.

4 School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Québec, Canada. 5 Jacques Cartier Private Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. In sub-Saharan Africa, mitral valve disease is particularly ...

It occurs when the mitral valve, which is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle, doesn’t close properly. This causes blood to leak backward from the left ventricle into the left ...