Fewer patients with diseased aortic valves might have to face open-heart surgery. A new study, published online yesterday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that the risk of death among ...

Twenty years ago, few interventional cardiologists could have imagined that during their professional careers it would be possible to replace a diseased aortic valve using catheter-based techniques, ...

This breakthrough, which is a first in the Triad, offers a new option for patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, a ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have created an experimental catheter hub that uses electric current to continuously generate disinfectant—an innovation they hope will help ...

TruLeaf from the AllMeD Solutions group, successfully completed the first phase of a first-in-human clinical trial of a revolutionary system for tricuspid and mitral heart valve implantation via ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) ...

Valve-in-valve implants via catheter effective in high-risk patients Date: May 5, 2010 Source: American Heart Association Summary: Mechanical heart valves can be successfully implanted via catheter ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is one of the first hospitals to use a new FDA-approved treatment for failing tricuspid valves. The new procedure is less invasive than traditional surgery and allows ...

Orange County is a hub for heart valves with Irvine-based Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and operations of Minnesota’s Medtronic Inc. The industry’s third big player, St. Jude Medical Inc., also has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medtronic has announced a recall of the delivery catheter component in the company’s transcatheter pulmonary ...

Researchers sought to find the best method for vascular catheter connector valve disinfection and found a five-second scrub with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol may be best, according to a study ...