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Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society

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Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, performs a Ross Procedure at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City with Paul Stelzer, MD, and Elbert Williams, MD. He previously served on the HVS Board of Directors and has led the HVS AVIATOR Registry, an international registry examining outcomes after aortic valve surgery. “I

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Top hospitals for cardiac care: Healthgrades

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Of those, 97 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac care for heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery. Healthgrades published its 2025 Specialty Excellence Awards recipients Oct.

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Top-ranked hospitals for heart valve replacement, by state

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Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas have the most top-ranked hospitals for heart valve replacement in the U.S., according to the WebMD Choice Awards.

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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.

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Henry Ford Health Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

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a Structural Heart Disease Fellow at Henry Ford Hospital, is also optimistic that these findings will lead to helping more people. Patients with severely calcified mitral stenosis are often not candidates for conventional open-heart surgery,” said Dr. The research letter’s lead author, Gennaro Giustino, M.D.,

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Georgia Tech pioneers new heart valve

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Researchers from Atlanta-based Georgia Tech have developed a 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue regeneration within the heart.

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Abbott Announces FDA Approval of First-of-its-kind Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve, TriClip

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its TriClip, a first-of-its-kind device to repair leaky tricuspid heart valve, for which more than 1.6 On average, noted Abbott, people who receive TriClip only need one day in the hospital before they recover and can return home. Abbott has announced U.S million people in the U.S.

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