The mitral valve is inside a person’s heart. A person with mitral valve disease may require mitral valve repair surgery as a treatment. A person’s heart contains four chambers. The two upper chambers ...

The tricuspid valve controls the flow of blood from the right upper chamber to the right lower chamber of the heart. This valve may become dysfunctional due to infection, rheumatic heart disease or ...

Our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team collaborates on mitral valve repair, transcatheter technologies, mitral valve replacement, and follow-up treatment so patients can get all their care for ...

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands Surgical mitral valve repair through median sternotomy has long presented the treatment of choice for ...

What is heart valve repair or replacement surgery? The heart is a pump made of muscle tissue. It has 4 pumping chambers: 2 upper chambers, called atria, and 2 lower chambers, called ventricles. Valves ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious ailment with significant morbidity and mortality in endemic areas; yet, there is no agreement on indication, timing, and surgical modality for treating rheumatic ...

Table 01: Global Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement & Repair Market Size (US$ Mn) Forecast, by Procedure, 2017–2031 Table 02: Global Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement & Repair Market Size (US$ ...

Your heart valves help control the direction of your blood flow. If one or more of your heart valves is not working properly it can put extra strain on your heart. If this happens you may need surgery ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...