By becoming the first health system in the region to offer robotic mitral valve surgery, this minimally invasive approach offers many benefits for patients. In this segment, cardiothoracic ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

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This surgery is ideal for patients who may be deemed inoperable or at high risk for open heart surgery. For patients like Ms.

Anemia and transfusion of red blood cells are common in patients undergoing valve surgery for infective endocarditis, and ...

Instead of undergoing open heart surgery to replace a major heart valve, patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) can now opt for a less invasive procedure, and have a faster ...

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

Mick Jagger’s recent heart surgery has spotlighted a medical procedure that is increasingly being touted as a less invasive alternative for patients suffering from heart-valve disease. Billboard ...

Mick Jagger has completed his heart valve procedure in New York and is recovering and in great health, sources tell Billboard. By Dave Brooks, Billboard Mick Jagger - Getty - H 2016 Mick Jagger has ...

UW Medicine is researching a non-invasive technique for replacing faulty heart valves that could help patients avoid open heart surgery. It's called the Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR). The aortic ...

About 1 in 15 people over the age of 65 have mitral valve prolapse, which can become life-threatening. People with the condition now have a non-surgical option that can restore proper blood flow.

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