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Columbia Cardiology Launches New Mitral & Tricuspid Center

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Kodali, MD, pictured here, is one of the members of its leadership team, and director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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HighLife Receives IDE Approval to Initiate US Pivotal Clinical Study for treatment of Mitral Regurgitation

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milla1cf Mon, 06/03/2024 - 12:36 June 3, 2024 — HighLife SAS , a medtech company focused on the development of a novel Trans-Septal Mitral Valve Replacement (“TSMVR”) system to treat patients suffering from moderate to severe Mitral Regurgitation (MR), announced today that the U.S. I am honored to lead the HighLife pivotal study.

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Comparison of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation Outcomes to Hospital Volumes of Surgical Mitral Valve Repair

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND:Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve (MV) repair (TEER) is an effective treatment for patients with primary mitral regurgitation at prohibitive risk for surgical MV repair (MVr). Heart failure readmission at 1 year was 9.4% Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She is only the third patient in the U.S. to receive the device.

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Left ventricular assist device and transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair in advanced heart failure: allies or enemies?

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has been increasing, with good long-term results, in parallel with a growing population with advanced heart failure (HF). However, in some European countries, LVADs are still underused, with one of the main issues being the patient's late referral.

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M-TEER Reduces Cardiovascular Risk, Improves Quality of Life in HF with Mitral Regurgitation

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RESHAPE-HF2 shows mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) reduces heart failure hospitalizations and improves quality of life vs optimal medical therapy alone.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Providing State-of-the-Art Medtronic APOLLO Clinical Trial Treating Heart Valve Disease

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It is one of only two New Jersey hospitals offering the trial to patients. Many patients with symptoms of mitral regurgitation are not candidates for open heart surgery due to their advanced age or competing comorbidities, nor are they candidates for the only alternative, the MitraClip device.