Pi-Cardia announced today that CMS approved reimbursement for its ShortCut leaflet modification device for TAVR procedures.

Atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) often leads to heart failure in elderly patients, many of whom are too frail ...

The mitral valve controls blood flow between the heart's left atrium and ventricle. When structural changes affect the atrium ...

Doctors at Jaipur's Rajasthan Hospital have successfully performed India's first electrosurgical valve-in-valve mitral procedure on a 74-year-old woman from Srinagar. The patient previously underwent ...

Transcatheter mitral valve procedures have transformed the treatment of mitral regurgitation and stenosis by providing less invasive alternatives to conventional open-heart surgery. However, they ...

Shannon Rockall just returned to Vernon after spending 10 days in Rivne, a city in Western Ukraine. Rockall travelled to Ukraine to teach healthcare professionals how to rehab spinal cord injuries ...

Patients who underwent mitral valve replacement, but not repair, had a higher risk for infective endocarditis than those at a moderate risk for the disease, a Danish study shows.

2 electrical fires in 2 days caused by extension cord misuse A Knoxville house fire Wednesday marks the second electrical fire in just 48 hours caused by overloading a power strip.

Keith Byrne, 34, killed mother-one Kirsty Ward by strangling her with hair straightener power cord after she told him she was leaving him and was found guilty of the crime back in May.

Mitral valve stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve, often due to rheumatic fever. It causes breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, and hoarseness, and may require medication or surgery ...