For patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation (TR) on top of degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), tricuspid annuloplasty done at the time of mitral valve surgery can prevent disease ...

Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD, completed his 900th robotic heart surgery in December.  Robotic procedures that Dr. Liao and his team perform include mitral valve repair and replacement, tricuspid valve repair ...

Patients with moderate tricuspid regurgitation (TR) undergoing surgery for mitral valve disease have a significant improvement in TR grade, according to the results of a new study. In early ...

LONDON — Opinions about the relative value of interventions to control mitral regurgitation secondary to heart failure might be altered by two large randomized trials. The RESHAPE-HF2 trial showed ...

Edwards Lifesciences has claimed an FDA approval for its Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system—marking the ...

Cardiac surgeons at Yale New Haven Hospital have performed 200 robotic-assisted mitral valve procedures with a 100 percent success rate, meaning that no procedures were converted to an open surgery.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the latest program to be added to the American Heart Association and Mitral Foundation’s list of top centers for mitral valve repair surgery ...

Mitral valve prolapse treatments include medication to manage symptoms, lifestyle changes, and in people with severe cases, surgical intervention to repair or replace the mitral valve. Mitral valve ...

The UK Mini Mitral trial, showing that mitral valve repair with the less invasive minithoracotomy approach achieved similar outcomes compared with sternotomy, has now been published. The trial, which ...

The SAPIEN M3 system received CE Mark in April 2025, making it the world’s first approved transfemoral transcatheter mitral ...

The TMVR procedure with SAPIEN M3 involves dock and valve delivery via a percutaneous femoral vein guide sheath.

Mitral valve prolapse treatment aims to relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and improve the quality of life of people who have blood that leaks back into their heart’s left atrium. Mitral valve ...