The catheter-based treatment involves placing a clip on the mitral valve without the need for surgery ... receiving advisory-board fees and lecture fees from Boston Scientific and Cordis, fees for ...

in which patients received mitral valve repair with the MitraClip device (Abbott) plus guideline-recommended medical therapy, or to the control group, in which patients were treated with guideline ...

T indicates the thrombus. Arrow points to the stenotic mitral valve. The presence of tight mitral stenosis and of massive thrombosis of the left atrium at autopsy was a surprising finding.

The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either transcatheter mitral-valve repair and guideline-recommended medical therapy (device group) or medical therapy alone (control group). The three ...

Few medical technologies have faced as many challenges and achieved as much success as transcatheter aortic valve ...

The heart is the most important organ in our body. It continues to work until the end of life and pumps blood to every part ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in 30-40% of patients presenting for mitral valve surgery. In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased ...

Abbott’s device, called the MitraClip, works by clipping the mitral valve’s leaflets together to prevent blood leakage.

Background:Transcatheter valve interventions (TVIs) represent a profound transformative advancement in cardiovascular medicine, offering minimally invasive alternatives to traditional open-heart ...

Valve is finally ready to take the wraps off Deadlock, its not-so-secret multiplayer game that thousands of people have been playing for weeks. Throughout August, Deadlock has slowly been gaining ...

Apart from the last point that Valve hate VR ( which is why they made their own headset and made the only Half life title in decades VR ) I agree. This remain a baseless speculation. Pretty sure ...

See our ethics statement. Valve has finally, officially announced Deadlock, in the most minimal way imaginable. The game now has a Steam page that lists Valve as its developer and publisher ...