New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Medicines sometimes can treat symptoms. In severe cases, though, the pulmonary valve will need to be treated with catheterization or surgery. Many types of procedures can repair or replace the ...

Open-heart or minimally invasive surgery Transcatheter options, available through clinical trials, to repair or replace the tricuspid valve. OHSU is the only center in Oregon to offer these. Many ...

“I describe the pulmonary valve as a one-way door in the heart that ... In November 2021, she went in for open heart surgery to repair the valve in her heart. “I told the doctors she’s so little, how ...

The introduction of effective prosthetic mitral valves has allowed a renewed attack on the question of the extent to which abnormalities of the pulmonary vascular dynamics in patients with mitral ...

Surgical repair decreased MR more than MitraClip ... as well as for aortic and pulmonary valve replacements (e.g., SAPIEN [Edwards, CA, USA], CoreValve [Medtronic, MN, USA], Melody [Medtronic]).

Objectives The association of pulmonary hypertension (PH) with the outcome after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) focusing on the new ESC/ERS guidelines definition for PH. Background ...

Both patients had undergone repair for Tetralogy of Fallot, a heart defect, at a younger age but later developed conditions in their pulmonary valves. Maria Alejandra had severe valve stenosis and ...