LIMA — Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center now offers non-surgical treatment for tricuspid regurgitation or leaky heart valve, a condition in which one of the heart’s valves doesn’t close properly.

When one of the heart's valves springs a big leak, that can spell big trouble. The good news: The condition, known as degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR), is treatable using a minimally invasive ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery. By Gina Kolata For the first time, patients with damaged ...

Mercy Health – Springfield is now offering an alternate treatment option for those with a leaky heart valve who are ineligible for traditional open-heart surgery. The treatment, Mitral Trans Catheter ...

Q. I have mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation, rated 2+ to 3+. This seems quite serious to me, but my doctor has told me that it will be fine. Because I also have lots of skipped beats, I had a ...

MIAMI — A new treatment could help more than one million Americans with an often overlooked heart problem. Dr. Nish Patel, a cardiologist with Baptist Health Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, said ...

New data presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2023 from the TRILUMINATE™ pivotal trial confirm safety, effectiveness and improvements in quality of life when treating tricuspid ...

TULSA, Okla. — On Feb. 1 the FDA approved a new therapy for patients suffering from a leaky tricuspid valve. The first-of-its-kind transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement therapy is a less invasive ...

Q: I recently had an echocardiogram done because my physician detected a heart murmur. The test also indicated that I had a "leaky valve." My internist said I shouldn't be overly concerned, since this ...

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) has presented data for two of its devices to treat leaky heart valves at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference. In a statement released late Tuesday, the medical ...

For the first time, patients with damaged tricuspid valves in their hearts might have a safe treatment that actually helps. More than 1 million mostly older Americans have seriously leaking tricuspids ...