Global materials science company W. L. Gore & Associates has reached an agreement to acquire Conformal Medical, a medtech ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . OPTION is a head-to-head trial of left atrial appendage closure with Watchman FLX vs. anticoagulation after ...

A steady stream of structural trial data, approvals, reimbursement decisions, and real-world rollouts arrived in 2025.

Heart valves allow blood to flow one way and prevent it from flowing in the wrong direction. The tricuspid valve controls blood flow between the right atrium and right ventricle. The bicuspid or ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s ...

At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...

Medtronic has launched a heart implant designed to help lower the lifetime risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation and to serve as a valuable addition to patients who are already undergoing ...

BOSTON, MA—Patients with heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF/HFpEF) and elevated left atrial pressures appear to derive lasting benefits from a shunt that diverts ...

Gore purchase of Conformal Medical brings innovative left atrial appendage occlusion system to expand cardiovascular ...