Certain delivery systems that are used to insert a pulmonary valve have an increased risk of distal tip detachment, the company said. The valve itself is not affected by the recall.

A 58-year-old man successfully undergoes catheter-based heart valve replacement, recovering well after a brief ICU stay in ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc. today announced successful results in the first two patients implanted with the Optimum Transcatheter Aortic Valve (Optimum TAV™) using ...

Aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow through the heart, is one of the most common and serious heart valve diseases. The aortic valve has three ...

Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, has successfully treated two failing heart valves in a patient without repeat open-heart surgery, ...

A first-of-its kind study led by a Boulder Community Health cardiovascular surgeon found that a specific type of heart valve that is implanted using a catheter rather than by open-heart surgery has a ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is one of the first hospitals to use a new FDA-approved treatment for failing tricuspid valves. The new procedure is less invasive than traditional surgery and allows ...

Researchers at the University of Seville and University Hospital Virgen del Rocío have published the results of the first successful test of a new technology created to prevent obstructions in ...

Valvular heart disease – where excessively tight or leaky connections between heart chambers gradually wear out the heart – affects up to 10% of older adults and causes more than 120,000 deaths a year ...

The race for a new type of heart valve is getting serious. Last week, Medtronic Inc. said it is paying $700 million plus future payments to buy CoreValve Inc., an Irvine up-and-comer in heart valves ...