Tag: mitral valve

AMEND TS EU pilot study of mitral valve repair device expands to Italy

Valcare Medical has announced the expansion of the AMEND TS EU pilot study to Italy. The Ital...

Biopolymer surgical mitral valve sees favourable results at 30 days

Thirty-day results from the Indian clinical study of the Foldax Tria surgical mitral valve in pa...

Cardiac Dimensions closes funding round to support US EMPOWER pivotal study

Cardiac Dimensions has closed a US$35 million Series D financing round. The financing was co-led...

A higher volume of mitral valve repair procedures is associated with lower mortality rates

US national hospital- and surgeon-level inverse volume–outcome associations were observed for 30...

Abbott to acquire Cephea Valve Technologies

It was recently announced that Abbott has exercised its option to purchase Cephea Valve Technologies...

German court awards Edwards Lifesciences co-entitlement of Neovasc’s Tiara patent application

The District Court in Munich, Germany has partially found in favour of Edwards Lifesciences Corp...

Transcatheter Mitral “valve-in-valve” replacement: The patient’s perspective

In this video, by Heart Valve Surgery, Paul Powers describes his life before and after undergoing tr...

Complete sanitation of robotic surgical instruments virtually impossible

It is virtually impossible to remove all contamination from robotic surgical instruments, even after...

FDA gives Neovasc go-ahead to add 40mm valve size to its TIARA-I clinical trial

The FDA has given Neovasc approval for participating physicians to treat patients with the c...