Two surgery patients died, two suffered major strokes, and four needed emergency heart surgery; none of the clip patients had those problems. That made the device much safer than surgery ...

YOUR HEALTH: Mitral clip transforms heart surgery. A team of cardiologists at Swedish Medical Center is leading the way in a minimally invasive procedure for seniors with a leaky heart valve.

A clip developed by AtriCure Inc. to help prevent strokes caused by a common heart arrhythmia was successfully implanted in a patient during a surgery in Switzerland, the company reported. The ...

March 15, 2010— -- A tiny clip that holds together "floppy" halves of a leaky heart valve appears to be safer than surgical repair and has comparable efficacy at one year, heart researchers say.

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as ...