Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement procedures are used to treat mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve stenosis, and mitral valve regurgitation as an alternative to open-heart surgery. A transcatheter mitral valve replacement is a minimally invasive surgery that replaces a failing mitral valve. Through the catheter, a new valve is inserted and guided to the heart. The bicuspid valve, also known as the mitral valve. It's one of the four valves in the heart that keeps blood from flowing backwards as it travels through it.
Because of the rising frequency of chronic/cardiovascular diseases, particularly among the elderly, the need for transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement has skyrocketed. In June 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Abbott Breakthrough Device designation for its investigational Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement system in a subset of patients with significant mitral annular calcification.
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