Healio

Mitral annulus calcification independently tied to all-cause death

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...
TMCnet

First Implant of KingstronBio's ProStyle M® Transcatheter Mitral Valve System Successfully Completed in National Multicenter Confirmatory Study

KingstronBio takes innovation as its core driving force and has long been deeply engaged in the heart valve field. The ...
MassDevice

KingstronBio reports first implant of mitral valve replacment system

KingstronBio announced today that it completed the first implant of its ProStyle M transcatheter mitral valve replacement ...
TCTMD

Calcification Alone Should Not Deter Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy for Rheumatic Stenosis

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) may be used as ‘first-line treatment’ for rheumatic mitral stenosis in patients with calcified valves, researchers propose in a study based on 20-year ...
TCTMD

Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy Effective Even in Calcified Valves

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is safe and effective for patients with mitral valve stenosis even in the presence of significant commissural calcification, according to a study published ...
Medscape

Tendyne Device Shows Promise for Mitral Annular Calcification

Transcatheter implantation of the Tendyne mitral valve replacement device for treatment of mitral regurgitation in patients at prohibitive surgical risk because of severe mitral annular calcification ...
Nasdaq

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Tendyne™, First-of-Its-Kind Device to Replace the Mitral Valve Without Open-Heart Surgery

The Tendyne system replaces mitral valves that are not functioning properly due to a buildup of calcium in the base of the valves, known as severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) Tendyne offers a ...
MD&M East

Edwards Secures US-First Approval for Mitral Regurgitation Treatment

Edwards Lifesciences’ SAPIEN M3 mitral valve replacement system has become the first transcatheter therapy utilizing a transseptal approach to snag FDA approval in the U.S. for the treatment of mitral ...
The Vindicator

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Vitamin K2 no panacea for treating calcification

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 79-year-old female. Recently, I was diagnosed with moderate calcification of leaflets on my mitral valve. I have no symptoms but heard from a recent talk that even moderate ...

Dear Doctor: Does taking K2 supplements slow down the progress of calcium buildup?

Vitamin K2 activates proteins that help drive calcium into the bones, away from blood vessels and heart valves. So, the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Surgical Treatment of Mitral Stenosis by the Transventricular Approach with a Mechanical Dilator

Dilator Inserted through the Avascular Tip of the Left Ventricle and Positioned in the Valve Orifice by a Finger in the Left Atrium. The dilator is opened cautiously to a previously adjusted limit of ...

First Implant of KingstronBio's ProStyle M(R) Transcatheter Mitral Valve System Successfully Completed in National Multicenter Confirmatory Study

On March 12, 2026, the first implant of the ProStyle M(R) Transcatheter Mitral Valve System (ProStyle M(R) ) was successfully completed under pure ultrasound guidance as part of its confirmatory ...