For the first time, a team of Switzerland-based cardiologists and surgeons successfully used new catheter technology to repair a leaky tricuspid valve. Francesco Maisano, MD, led the University ...

A protracted lull following the flurry of mitral valve acquisitions by the big device companies in 2015 has been broken, this time with news that Edwards Lifesciences has acquired the Israel-based ...

CHICAGO, IL—One-year results for the first 50 patients with functional mitral regurgitation treated using a Cardioband for transcatheter mitral annulus repair suggest that the procedure and the device ...

Privately-held Valtech Cardio, set to be acquired by HeartWare International Inc.HTWR, recently announced the receipt of CE mark approval for its Cardioband Mitral Reconstruction System. Valtech will ...

A team of heart surgeons and cardiologists used new catheter technology to repair a leaky tricuspid valve for the very first time. The Cardioband serves as an innovative and low-impact method of ...

Valtech Cardio, a company out of Or Yehuda, Israel, has received European CE Mark to introduce its Cardioband annuloplasty system. According to the company, the Cardioband system is a revolutionary ...

The Cardioband for minimally invasive mitral valve repair--Courtesy of Valtech Cardio HeartWare ($HTWR) was up about 5% in early trading on the news that activist ...

Valtech Cardio, Ltd., (Valtech), an innovator in the development of devices for mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement, announced today it has received Conformite Europeenne (CE) Marking ...

A team led by Francesco Maisano, co-director of the University Heart Center at the University Hospital Zurich (UHZ) and professor for Heart Surgery at the University of Zurich, made up of heart ...