The balloon's inflation also helps increase ... such as with coronary and valve procedures Heart failure The heart is a ...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is ... moderate or severe mitral stenosis and a favorable valve morphology (Class I) New York Heart Association functional class II symptoms and moderate ...

Aims There are few studies of the use of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) treatment as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx). This is the first study to compare long-term clinical and ...

Abbott designed the Volt PFA catheter for maneuverability, efficient ablation and thermal risk mitigation, said Dr.

Doctors use a tube-based delivery system (catheter) to navigate the valve to the heart. Then, the doctor expands the valve into place using a balloon located at the tip of the catheter. At our center ...

Abbott has commenced the first subject procedures with its transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system to treat symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. This investigational balloon ...

The first-of-its-kind Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 TMVR system uses a nitinol dock to anchor the replacement valve in the patient's heart.

Balloon valvotomy is the treatment ... be due to coexistent coronary disease or when aortic valve replacement is indicated. Rarely, left heart catheterization with hemodynamic measurements may ...