Abbott Laboratories recently received FDA clearance for Tendyne, its transcatheter mitral valve replacement system. The news comes on the heels of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. securing a CE mark for its ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Abbott's Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) system. It is indicated for patients with mitral valve disease caused by ...

The heart consists of 4 chambers--2 atria (upper chambers) and 2 ventricles (lower chambers). Blood passes through a valve as it leaves each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow ...