Healio

Mitral annulus calcification independently tied to all-cause death

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...
EurekAlert!

Patients with mitral annulus calcification at higher risk of heart valve and cardiovascular disease, Mayo Clinic research finds

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic ...
News Medical

Mitral annulus calcification is a predictor of mortality and a marker of valvular, cardiovascular disease

A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic degeneration of tissue ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Mitral annulus calcification patients at higher risk for heart valve diseases

Patients with mitral annulus calcification are at more than double the risk for mitral valve dysfunction, a study published June 1 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found. Researchers retrospectively ...
TCTMD

Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy Effective Even in Calcified Valves

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is safe and effective for patients with mitral valve stenosis even in the presence of significant commissural calcification, according to a study published ...
Medscape

Tendyne Device Shows Promise for Mitral Annular Calcification

Transcatheter implantation of the Tendyne mitral valve replacement device for treatment of mitral regurgitation in patients at prohibitive surgical risk because of severe mitral annular calcification ...
Nature

Differences in associated factors between aortic and mitral valve calcification in hemodialysis

The mechanisms leading to valve calcification were traditionally believed to be due to passive accumulation of hydroxyapatite mineral, but recent studies have shown active processes similar to those ...
Healio

Intravascular lithotripsy before transcatheter mitral valve replacement may be feasible

Employing intravascular lithotripsy facilitated transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with severe mitral annular and mitral valve leaflet calcification, according to a report on a ...
TCTMD

FDA Approves Sapien M3 for Transseptal Mitral Valve Replacement

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Sapien M3 system for transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) for use in patients with symptomatic moderate-to-severe mitral ...
MassDevice

Edwards wins FDA approval for Sapien M3 mitral valve, marking first transseptal transcatheter therapy

Edwards Lifesciences announced today that its Sapien M3 mitral valve replacement system received FDA approval for mitral ...
News24

Mitral calcification

i am 31, female. I have been diagnosed with Mitral Valve plolapse due to calcification. I was so stunned and did not ask many questions. What is this condition and what can i expect from the future?
Fierce Biotech

Edwards nets FDA approval for Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement

Edwards Lifesciences has claimed an FDA approval for its Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system—marking the ...