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 ...

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 ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor says I have a leaky mitral valve. What does this mean? And does it need to be treated if it's not causing symptoms? DEAR READER: The four valves of your heart work like ...

Mercy Health – Springfield is now offering an alternate treatment option for those with a leaky heart valve who are ineligible for traditional open-heart surgery. The treatment, Mitral Trans Catheter ...

The Sapien M3 device is the first approved mitral regurgitation treatment to use a transseptal approach, Edwards said.

Share on Pinterest Experts say certain types of surgery can be safe and effective for a particular kind of heart valve disease. PER Images/Stocksy About 24 million people around the world are affected ...

An estimated 50,000 people in the United States undergo open-heart surgery each year for the treatment of a leaking mitral valve. However, this major surgery is not an option when patients are too old ...

Leakage of the mitral valve due to degenerative prolapse is a common condition known as primary mitral regurgitation (MR). Symptoms often start with shortness of breath due to blood leaking backwards ...

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale was hospitalized over the Labor Day weekend. Local furniture store owner and personality Jim ‘Mattress Mack' McIngvale announced this week that he will soon undergo ...

Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery. By Gina Kolata For the first time, patients with damaged ...