"There have been significant developments in the treatment of patients with valve disease using open heart surgery to repair rather than replace leaky valves," said Rick Nishimura, M.D., a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic and writing committee co-chair of the new guideline focused update. ...
Until now, the only treatment option for a leaky tricuspid valve was openheart surgeryusing a heart-lung machine. Maisano explains the advantages of the new Cardioband method: "As tricuspid insufficiency often arises as a consequence of diseases of themitral valve, open heart procedures are a ris...
Instead, he decided on a catheter-based treatment to guide a MitraClip device to the heart and clamp the leaky valve. The catheter would usually be inserted through the femoral vein in the leg, but her vein was blocked. "We were locked out, blocked from accessing her heart," said Dr. F...
A team led by Francesco Maisano, co-director of the University Heart Center at the University Hospital Zurich (UHZ) and professor for Heart Surgery at the University of Zurich, made up of heart surgeons and cardiologists ...