The FDA approved Abbott's Tendyne minimally invasive heart replacement for mitral valve disease that could disqualify ...

The system is available for patients whose mitral valves are not working properly due to severe mitral annular calcification.

The FDA gave the OK for the North Chicago-based medical device maker's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it received FDA approval for its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR ...

What Is Mitral Valve Regurgitation? When your heart pumps blood, it’s supposed to follow a specific path in one direction. But sometimes, it goes the wrong way. Mitral valve regurgitation is ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common cause of a heart murmur caused by a "leaky" heart valve. Most cases of mitral valve prolapse are not serious and only need to be monitored. Mitral valve prolapse ...

Abbott announced the FDA approved its transcatheter mitral valve replacement system for patients with severe mitral annular ...

When this valve doesn’t function properly, it can lead to serious heart complications. Types of Mitral Valve Disease There ...

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation can reduce the long-term rate of hospitalizations by almost 50 percent, and death by nearly 30 percent ...

The bicuspid or mitral valve does the same on the left. The heart consists of four chambers. The left and right atrium are the upper chambers, and the left and right ventricles are the bottom ...

Surgery: In severe cases of mitral valve prolapse with significant valve dysfunction or the presence of complications such as severe regurgitation or heart failure, surgical repair or replacement ...

The typical normal adult mitral valve area is between 4 and 5 cm 2. (Hurst’s The Heart;Chapter 50, 12a.) This area allows the normal stroke volume to flow from the left atrium (LA) to the left ...