News tagged with mitral valve repair

Study details safe, effective, minimally invasive mitral valve repair

Surgical treatment for mitral valve disease includes either repairing the patient's diseased valve or replacing it with a metal, mechanical valve or an animal tissue valve. The majority of those procedures are open-heart ...

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UK ill prepared for 'epidemic' of degenerative valvular heart disease

The UK is poorly prepared for the forthcoming epidemic of degenerative valvular heart disease, prompted by a rapidly ageing population, say leading experts in the journal Heart.

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Researchers identify rising incidence of valvular heart diseases in New York state

The incidence of hospitalization and treatment for heart valve diseases in New York State has constantly and progressively risen since the early 1980s, according to research presented at the recent meeting of the American ...

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Medicare hospital comparison website may not help patients locate best places for high-risk surgery

Information available on a government Web site designed to help patients choose high-quality hospitals does not appear to help Medicare beneficiaries identify facilities with better outcomes for high-risk surgeries, according ...

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created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mount Sinai performs first tricuspid ring implantation

David H. Adams, MD, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, has performed the first implantation of the Medtronic Tri-Ad ...

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created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elderly patients in need of heart valve replacements have alternative to surgery

Doctors at the University Heart Center in Hamburg, Germany successfully used transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation in elderly patients with degenerated bioprostheses in aortic and mitral position. This minimally invasive ...

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created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

(AP) -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective ...

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created Mar 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Top-rated hospitals don't always have superior outcomes

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that while popular hospital rating systems can help identify high-quality hospitals for cardiovascular operations, patien ...

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Study offers less complex, minimally invasive procedure to treat heart valve leak

Cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center are studying a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat leaky heart valves. Instead of open heart surgery, patients will undergo a less complex catheter-based procedure ...

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Half of eligible patients not getting mitral valve surgery, study

Overblown fears about surgical risk and lack of awareness about the risk of not operating are among the reasons only half of eligible patients were referred for mitral valve repair, according to a study by doctors at the ...

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created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New way to fix leaking mitral heart valves safe in initial testing

A new nonsurgical technique to repair leaking mitral valves in heart failure patients was safe in a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

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