When one of the heart's valves springs a big leak, that can spell big trouble. The good news: The condition, known as degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR), is treatable using a minimally invasive ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

In June, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge began offering a new option to heart patients with leaky tricuspid heart valves, a condition that doctors previously had few tools to treat.

Mercy Health – Springfield is now offering an alternate treatment option for those with a leaky heart valve who are ineligible for traditional open-heart surgery. The treatment, Mitral Trans Catheter ...

Q: I recently had an echocardiogram done because my physician detected a heart murmur. The test also indicated that I had a "leaky valve." My internist said I shouldn't be overly concerned, since this ...

Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery. By Gina Kolata For the first time, patients with damaged ...

TULSA, Okla. — On Feb. 1 the FDA approved a new therapy for patients suffering from a leaky tricuspid valve. The first-of-its-kind transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement therapy is a less invasive ...

(RTTNews) - Abbott (ABT) said that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention that ...

MIAMI — A new treatment could help more than one million Americans with an often overlooked heart problem. Dr. Nish Patel, a cardiologist with Baptist Health Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, said ...

Q. I have mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation, rated 2+ to 3+. This seems quite serious to me, but my doctor has told me that it will be fine. Because I also have lots of skipped beats, I had a ...

Cardiovascular problems like coronary heart disease and heart attacks are common, but not all heart-related diseases occur within the heart muscles or arteries. Issues can also arise with the heart ...

For the first time, patients with damaged tricuspid valves in their hearts might have a safe treatment that actually helps. More than 1 million mostly older Americans have seriously leaking tricuspids ...