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 ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral annulus calcification, a chronic ...

The device, which is delivered transapically, represents an option for very sick patients who previously have had none.

Patients with mitral annulus calcification are at more than double the risk for mitral valve dysfunction, a study published June 1 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found. Researchers retrospectively ...

PARIS, France—Results from the Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) Global Registry suggest that if patients can survive the complex initial procedure and its aftermath, they have a good chance of ...

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 ...

Boston, MA - Further underscoring cardiac calcification as a marker of increased risk, patients in the Framingham study were 50% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease if diagnosed with mitral ...

Employing intravascular lithotripsy facilitated transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with severe mitral annular and mitral valve leaflet calcification, according to a report on a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunkerhill Health today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Bunkerhill MAC, the first artificial ...

The mechanisms leading to valve calcification were traditionally believed to be due to passive accumulation of hydroxyapatite mineral, but recent studies have shown active processes similar to those ...

There may be relationships between bone mineral density at different body locations and cardiac calcification. Sex-specific differences may exist in these relationships. Further research is needed to ...

Isolated absence of the opening click of the mitral disk-valve prosthesis was noted in six patients subsequently found to have suture disruption. Of five reoperated on, four survived.