US centers that introduced transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) did not see a significant dip in surgical repair volumes, researchers ...

Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair, commonly known as TEER, is a minimally invasive procedure that repairs the leaking valve through a thin tube passed from a blood vessel, without opening the chest or ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Access to transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation did not impact annualized ...

A keyhole surgery procedure for mitral valve disease has been rolled out across the NHS this week after a decade-long delay due to funding struggles. The procedure, trans-catheter edge-to-edge repair ...

Nationwide, there was a downtrend in both intermediate-risk and high-risk surgical mitral valve repair (MVr) volumes at centers that adopted TEER for degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR). The median ...

Their findings on the condition called degenerative mitral regurgitation were published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), representing the largest study to ...

PHOENIX, AZ—The risks of surgical reintervention for a failed mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) are “not negligible,” a new analysis of the CUTTING-EDGE registry confirms, with ...

In patients with heart failure and a poorly functioning heart valve, a minimally invasive procedure using a clip to repair the valve was safe, cut the rate of hospitalizations for heart failure by 47% ...

Fredy El Sakr, MD, performed the first tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair within the Northside system on Feb. 19, according to a March 4 news release. TEER is a minimally invasive procedure ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...