Doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving three lives in North Carolina.

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 mortality and morbidity and ...

Doctors told the family that Margaret’s mitral valve had holes ... the doctor said you really need a new valve, there was almost no way they could repair it.” When Kensley Frizzell, now ...

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and ...

Yale operates first the BATMAN procedure in CT, a less invasive heart treatment offering faster recovery and new hope for ...

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke ...

Capstan Medical’s robot platform has been used for the first in-human robotic assisted transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures ... for patients who aren't candidates for conventional surgery ...

Mitral valve replacement is a type of partial heart ... Duke Health via family "Before Journi's surgery, we were told the doctors were hoping to try a new procedure and asked if we were willing ...

The fact is, I’ve never been a smoker. Progress and miracles of modern medicine, an active lifestyle, a positive attitude and ...

At first disturbing, the life-long artist says she transformed the images in her mind to something more peaceful.

Capstan Medical, a startup focused on robotic-assisted mitral and tricuspid valve replacement, recently completed its first ...