A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

In a groundbreaking event for Arizona healthcare, HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center recently became the first ...

A STUDY assessing coronary proximity in patients undergoing transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with ...

Capstan Medical, a startup focused on robotic-assisted mitral and tricuspid valve replacement, recently completed its first ...

In early February, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to leave hospital with a virtually ...

Capstan CEO Maggie Nixon discusses first-in-human feedback, the all-at-once approach, regulatory strategy and the tricuspid ...

"Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of structural heart therapy," Capstan Medical CEO Maggie Nixon said.

There are four valves inside the heart. Heart valves control how blood is carried out of the heart and distributed to the ...

Doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North Carolina. The procedure became possible after ...

Surrounded by companies deploying robotic platforms for a wide portfolio of indications, Capstan instead has gone down the ...

Capstan Medical announced its first in-human cardiac valve replacements using its catheter-based robotic surgical platform.

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.