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FDA Expands Sapien 3 Indication to Aortic, Mitral Valve-in-Valve Replacement

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for the Sapien 3 transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Lifesciences) to include valve-in-valve replacement for high-risk patients ...
MassDevice

Edwards has new data backing earlier TAVR intervention

Edwards today presented new data at New York Valves 2026 supporting its transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ...
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First Success in Korea: Simultaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement Through Just a 3cm Incision

A 3D fully endoscopic simultaneous aortic and mitral valve replacement surgery, capable of treating both mitral and aortic valve dysfunction with only a minimal incision between the ribs, has been ...
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Aortic, Mitral Regurgitant Volume May Predict Cardiac Function in Asymptomatic Patients

Among asymptomatic patients with aortic or mitral regurgitation, cardiac function remains stable over 3 years in those with moderate disease but worsens in those with severe disease, according to a ...
MedPage Today on MSN

New Heart Failure Definition; Mitral TEER Pitfalls; Drug's Comeback in Stroke?

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Effect of Mitral Commissurotomy on Coexisting Aortic-Valve Lesions

THE ideal response to mitral commissurotomy includes a normal blood flow into the left ventricle without the need for an elevated pressure in the left atrium and the return of cardiac output to normal ...
Healio

Balloon-expandable valve receives FDA approval for aortic, mitral valve-in-valve procedures

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced the FDA approved its transcatheter heart valve for use in aortic and mitral ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Mitral Insufficiency Due to Ruptured Chordae Tendineae Simulating Aortic Stenosis

THE case reported below illustrates two interesting and unusual phenomena. The first is the production of the physical signs and phonocardiographic evidence of aortic stenosis in a patient with mitral ...
Nature

Surgery for asymptomatic degenerative aortic and mitral valve disease

Degenerative valvular heart disease, the most common form of valve disease in the Western world, can lead to aortic stenosis (AS) or mitral regurgitation (MR). In current guidelines for the management ...
Healio

Next-generation mitral, aortic bioprosthetic surgical valves gain FDA approval

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced the FDA has approved its next-generation stented bioprosthetic surgical valves for the ...
Nature

Differences in associated factors between aortic and mitral valve calcification in hemodialysis

The mechanisms leading to valve calcification were traditionally believed to be due to passive accumulation of hydroxyapatite mineral, but recent studies have shown active processes similar to those ...
Medscape

FDA Okays Sapien 3 for Mitral, Aortic Valve-in-Valve Replacement

WASHINGTON, DC — The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the Sapien 3 THV (Edwards Lifesciences) approval indication to include transcatheter "replacement" of failed bioprosthetic valves in ...