Mitral Valve

The heart's mitral valve is the site of the most surgical valve repairs and valve replacements. After the resounding success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which now makes up more than 50% of aortic valve replacements, there is wide expectation transcatheter mitral replacements will follow in the next few year. Currently, the most common transcatheter mitral procedure is transcatheter edge-to-edge (TEER) , using the MitraClip or Pascal clip devices. These devices are also being used for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR). Other transcatheter mitral repair systems are in trials for minimally invasive annuloplasty and chordae tendineae repair. 

The Cephea transcatheter mitral valve in development has been acquired by Medtronic.

Abbott acquires another TMVR device through purchase of Cephea

Abbott plans to acquire Cephea Valve Technologies, a company developing a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) device, the Chicago-area healthcare giant announced Jan. 16.

After COAPT: Getting MitraClip Right in the Real World

Will operators be able to replicate COAPT’s restraint and its outcomes?

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TMVR device nearly wipes out mitral regurgitation

An investigational transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) device helped reduce mitral regurgitation to zero or trace levels in 98.7 percent of patients, according to 30-day follow-up data from the first 100 people scheduled to be treated with Abbott’s Tendyne system.

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Mitral Mysteries: Imagers Explore a New Frontier in Transcatheter Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement offers valuable lessons that can be applied to its mitral valve counterpart, according to imagers on the frontlines for both techniques.

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Edwards temporarily freezes enrollment in mitral valve program

Edwards Lifesciences put enrollment into a program using its FORTIS transcatheter valve replacement therapy on hold, announcing that it wants to investigate reports of valve thrombus.

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Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.

 

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

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