Mechanical heart valves can be successfully implanted via catheter inside failing animal-based tissue valves. The catheter-based technique provides an option for valve replacement to select patients ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc., announced today that it received approval from a Competent Authority in Poland to conduct initial patient implants with its Optimum ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc. today announced successful results in the first two patients implanted with the Optimum Transcatheter Aortic Valve (Optimum TAV™) using ...

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HERZELIYA, Israel, MValve Technologies Ltd announced today the first human implantation of its catheter based transapical mitral valve replacement system. The procedure was completed successfully at ...

Aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow through the heart, is one of the most common and serious heart valve diseases. The aortic valve has three leaflets - ...

Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc. today announced authorization from the Competent Authority of Poland to expand the TAVI-1 CE Mark trial of the Optimum Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation System™ ...

There's a little ring that is actually a manmade heart valve, and it's keeping 88-year-old Martha Frazier alive. The best part is that she never had to have surgery. UTHealth cardiologist Dr. Colin ...

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, ...

Routine echocardiography in cancer centers can spot severe valve disease earlier and trigger timely treatment decisions.